Senate roll call 312 · 43rd Congress · Feb 13, 1875
To amend S. 963, by establishing a board of commissioners, to be known as the board of commissioner of the district of columbia, consisting of three members, TW
On Feb 13, 1875, the Senate voted 22–24 (S 963). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–4, Democrats 0–20, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 22
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 13, 1875
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 4 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 20 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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