Senate roll call 250 · 43rd Congress · Jun 20, 1874
To amend H.R. 3168 (18-stat-l.237), the river and harbor appropriations bill for fiscal 1874, by increasing the appropriations for continuing the improvement of
On Jun 20, 1874, the Senate voted 30–21 (HR 3168). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–9, Democrats 6–10, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 30
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 20, 1874
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 9 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 10 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- 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
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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