Senate roll call 305 · 43rd Congress · Feb 12, 1875
To amend S. 963, by providing that the President appoint two members and that the voters of the district elect the other member to the board of commissioners of
On Feb 12, 1875, the Senate voted 24–23 (S 963). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–19, Democrats 14–1, Others 1–4. 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
- 24
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 12, 1875
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 19 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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