Senate roll call 83 · 43rd Congress · Mar 20, 1874
To amend H.R. 1009, by providing that the secretary of war shall consolidate regiments to twenty-five, and muster out supernumerary regimental officers after co
On Mar 20, 1874, the Senate voted 18–27 (HR 1009). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–19, Democrats 5–8, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 18
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 20, 1874
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 19 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 8 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- 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
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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