Senate roll call 273 · 43rd Congress · Dec 16, 1874
To agree to the motion that H.R. 2190 be made the special order for monday, december 21.
On Dec 16, 1874, the Senate voted 29–17 (HR 2190). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–17, Democrats 15–0, Others 3–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 29
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Dec 16, 1874
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 17 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
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
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC 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
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- 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
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
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- 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
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- 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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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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