Senate roll call 384 · 43rd Congress · Mar 2, 1875
To pass H.R. 2685 (18-stat-679), a bill providing for the payment of $9606.36, to john aldridge, of mcnairy county, tenn., for the destruction of cotton on his
On Mar 2, 1875, the Senate voted 26–12 (HR 2685). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–6, Democrats 8–5, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 26
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Mar 2, 1875
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 6 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 5 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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