Senate roll call 26 · 43rd Congress · Jan 6, 1874
To adjourn, due to no further business for the day.
On Jan 6, 1874, the Senate voted 39–25. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–22, Democrats 16–1, Others 5–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 39
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jan 6, 1874
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others5 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Robert Crozier R-KS voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey 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 Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
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