Senate roll call 31 · 43rd Congress · Jan 8, 1874
To proceed to consideration of executive business.
On Jan 8, 1874, the Senate voted 28–36. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–30, Democrats 13–3, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 28
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Jan 8, 1874
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 30 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 3 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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