Senate roll call 52 · 43rd Congress · Feb 5, 1874
To amend H.R. 792 by making $3,000 the minimum debt under which a person can be forced into involuntary bankruptcy.
On Feb 5, 1874, the Senate voted 20–28 (HR 792). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–19, Democrats 5–5, Others 3–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 20
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 5, 1874
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 19 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 4 no
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Scott R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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