Senate roll call 129 · 43rd Congress · Apr 17, 1874
To instruct the committee on territories to report the evidence taken before the committee and that the evidence be printed in confidence for use of the Senate,
On Apr 17, 1874, the Senate voted 31–6. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–4, Democrats 9–2, Others 3–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 6 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
- 31
- No
- 6
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Apr 17, 1874
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 4 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- 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
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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