To amend H.R. 793, by reducing mileage to one-half of that paid under act of march 3, 1873.

On Jan 8, 1874, the Senate voted 30–33 (HR 793). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–22, Democrats 6–9, Others 4–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 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: 30
No: 33
Did not vote: 16
Date: Jan 8, 1874

By party

Republicans20 yes · 22 no · 9 didn’t vote
Democrats6 yes · 9 no · 6 didn’t vote
Others4 yes · 2 no · 1 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
Robert Crozier R-KS voted yes
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
John Sherman R-OH voted yes
John Scott R-PA voted yes
Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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