Senate roll call 117 · 43rd Congress · Apr 6, 1874
To adjourn, motion made during consideration of S. 617.
On Apr 6, 1874, the Senate voted 28–29 (S 616). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–23, Democrats 10–5, Others 3–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 28
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 6, 1874
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 5 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- 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 Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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