Senate roll call 359 · 43rd Congress · Feb 23, 1875
To amend H.R. 435, by providing that the state constitution be submitted for ratification or rejection at an election in july, 1876.
On Feb 23, 1875, the Senate voted 27–22 (HR 435). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–20, Democrats 15–0, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 22
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 23, 1875
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 20 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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