Senate roll call 232 · 43rd Congress · Jun 17, 1874
To amend H.R. 3094, by restoring the franking privilege.
On Jun 17, 1874, the Senate voted 17–34 (HR 3094). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–27, Democrats 8–6, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 17
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 17, 1874
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 27 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- 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
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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