Senate roll call 216 · 43rd Congress · Jun 10, 1874
To amend a motion to eliminate the tenth section of H.R. 3171, which section declares that smugglers forfeit any merchandise so smuggled and pay a fine of $5,00
On Jun 10, 1874, the Senate voted 12–31 (HR 3171). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–14, Democrats 0–18, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 12
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jun 10, 1874
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 18 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- 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
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- 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
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-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
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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