Senate roll call 81 · 43rd Congress · Mar 20, 1874
To amend H.R. 1009, by instructing the secretary of war to sell such army clothing and other army supplies as are not required for the use of the army, and to p
On Mar 20, 1874, the Senate voted 12–28 (HR 1009). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–26, Democrats 12–1, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 12
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Mar 20, 1874
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 26 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 1 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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