Senate roll call 72 · 43rd Congress · Feb 26, 1874
To consider H.R. 1394 (18-stat-l.53), a bill relating to the centennial exhibition at philadelphia.
On Feb 26, 1874, the Senate voted 23–28 (HR 1394). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–14, Democrats 3–11, Others 1–3. 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
- 23
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 26, 1874
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 14 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 11 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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