Senate roll call 405 · 43rd Congress · Mar 3, 1875
To amend H.R. 4740, by appropriating $40,000, for the improvement of the tennessee river above chattanooga, and by increasing the appropriation from $160,000 to
On Mar 3, 1875, the Senate voted 25–17 (HR 4740). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–6, Democrats 7–8, Others 0–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 17
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 3, 1875
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 6 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 8 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
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
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- 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
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- 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
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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