Senate roll call 207 · 43rd Congress · Jun 9, 1874
To amend H.R. 3171, by applying forfeiture only to the item smuggled, and also the repeal of confiscation of the entire invoice.
On Jun 9, 1874, the Senate voted 32–13 (HR 3171). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–14, Democrats 17–0, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 32
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jun 9, 1874
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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