Senate roll call 653 · 42nd Congress · Jan 23, 1873
To table amendment to H.R. 2991, which raises the appropriation for compensation and mileage of senators from $405,000 to $849,000.
On Jan 23, 1873, the Senate voted 31–15 (HR 2991). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–8, Democrats 5–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 members voted against their own party.
During the 42nd Congress (1871–1872), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 31
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 23, 1873
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Joshua Hill R-GA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- John Pool R-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- James Harlan R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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