Senate roll call 23 · 43rd Congress · Dec 18, 1873
To adjourn due to the late hour, motion made during debate on the resolution providing that when both houses adjourn on friday, december 19, they shall stand ad
On Dec 18, 1873, the Senate voted 21–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–8, Democrats 1–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 21
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Dec 18, 1873
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 13 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton 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
- 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
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton 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
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- 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
- 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
- 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
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- 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
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- 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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