Senate roll call 247 · 43rd Congress · Jun 20, 1874
To amend H.R. 3600, by directing the joint committee on the libraries and the librarian of Congress to report at the next session of Congress on the necessity a
On Jun 20, 1874, the Senate voted 27–15 (HR 3600). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–13, Democrats 11–0, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 27
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jun 20, 1874
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 13 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- 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
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- 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
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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