Senate roll call 404 · 43rd Congress · Mar 3, 1875
To amend H.R. 4740, by increasing the appropriation for the improvement of the great kanaroha river, w. VA., from $100,000 to $600,000.
On Mar 3, 1875, the Senate voted 25–19 (HR 4740). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–10, Democrats 6–5, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 25
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 3, 1875
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 10 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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