Senate roll call 21 · 43rd Congress · Dec 18, 1873
To adjourn due to the late hour, motion made during debate on a resolution providing that when both houses adjourn on friday, december 19, they shall stand adjo
On Dec 18, 1873, the Senate voted 22–27. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–10, Democrats 1–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 27
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Dec 18, 1873
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 10 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 17 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- 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
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- 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
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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