Senate roll call 198 · 43rd Congress · Jun 5, 1874
To amend S. 857, a bill providing for the sale of extra copies of public documents and for the distribution of regular official editions, by supplying reports o
On Jun 5, 1874, the Senate voted 22–28 (S 857). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–22, Democrats 9–6, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 members voted against their own party.
During the 43rd Congress (1873–1874), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 22
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 5, 1874
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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