Senate roll call 785 · 42nd Congress · Mar 1, 1873
To amend H.R. 2991, by increasing the salaries of congressmen to $7,500 per year.
On Mar 1, 1873, the Senate voted 24–36 (HR 2991). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–26, Democrats 3–11, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 24 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
- 24
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Mar 1, 1873
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 26 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 11 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 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
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- James Harlan R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN 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
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI 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
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Harlan R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Winslow Corbett R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Ward Osborn R-FL
- Joshua Hill R-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Lyman Trumbull R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Willis Benson Machen D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Vickers D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Francis Preston Blair Jr. D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Pool R-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton R-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Warren Nye R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Samuel Clarke Pomeroy R-KS
- Garrett Davis D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Charles Sumner R-MA
- Henry Wilson R-MA
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- James Willis Patterson R-NH
- William Sprague R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
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