Senate roll call 78 · 43rd Congress · Mar 6, 1874
To amend a motion to refer H.R. 1394 to the committee on appropriations with instructions to report a bill making an appropriation not exceeding $3,000,000 towa
On Mar 6, 1874, the Senate voted 17–33 (HR 1394). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–17, Democrats 3–14, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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
- 17
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 6, 1874
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 17 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 14 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- 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 White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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