Senate roll call 272 · 43rd Congress · Dec 16, 1874
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of the motion that H.R. 2190 be made a special order for monday december 21.
On Dec 16, 1874, the Senate voted 16–24 (HR 2190). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–11, Democrats 1–10, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 16
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Dec 16, 1874
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 11 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 10 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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