Senate roll call 63 · 43rd Congress · Feb 18, 1874
To adjourn because of lateness of the hour, motion made during debate on S. 432.
On Feb 18, 1874, the Senate voted 28–35 (S 432). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–25, Democrats 10–7, Others 3–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 28
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 18, 1874
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 25 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 7 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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