Senate roll call 784 · 42nd Congress · Mar 1, 1873
To amend H.R. 2991, the legislative, executive and judicial appropriations bill for fiscal 1873, by striking out all provisions for salary increases except that
On Mar 1, 1873, the Senate voted 20–38 (HR 2991). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–26, Democrats 2–12, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 20
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 1, 1873
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 26 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 12 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Cornelius Cole R-CA voted yes
- Eugene Casserly D-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS voted yes
- Henry Wilson R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Cornelius Cole R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- 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
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Benjamin Franklin Rice R-AR
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Frederick Adolphus Sawyer R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
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