Senate roll call 44 · 43rd Congress · Jan 12, 1874
To amend H.R. 793 by repealing a portion of bill that provides for increase of all salaries except those of President and supreme court justices, and which prov
On Jan 12, 1874, the Senate voted 37–14 (HR 793). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–5, Democrats 3–5, Others 0–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 37
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jan 12, 1874
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 5 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- 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
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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