Senate roll call 284 · 43rd Congress · Jan 20, 1875
To amend H.R. 3818, by reducing an appropriation from $2,200 to $1,800 for annual rent on a building for use of the post office department.
On Jan 20, 1875, the Senate voted 27–11 (HR 3818). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–11, Democrats 12–0, Others 4–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 27
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jan 20, 1875
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 11 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 0 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- 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
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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