Senate roll call 37 · 43rd Congress · Jan 9, 1874
To amend H.R. 793 by fixing congressmen's salaries at $5,000 per annum, instead of $5,500.
On Jan 9, 1874, the Senate voted 31–28 (HR 793). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–16, Democrats 6–8, Others 2–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 31
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 9, 1874
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 16 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- 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
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- 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
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
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