Senate roll call 73 · 43rd Congress · Feb 27, 1874
Nomination of william a. Simmons, as collector of customs for the district of boston and charleston, mass. In place of thomas russell, resigned.
On Feb 27, 1874, the Senate voted 30–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–10, Democrats 9–3, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 30
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 27, 1874
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 10 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 3 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI 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
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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