Senate roll call 47 · 43rd Congress · Jan 14, 1874
Nomination of robert w. Hughes to United States district judge for the eastern district of virginia, in place of john c. Underwood, deceased.
On Jan 14, 1874, the Senate voted 39–11. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–7, Democrats 12–1, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 39
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 14, 1874
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 7 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Scott 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- 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
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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