To pass S. 617 over a presidential veto.

On Apr 28, 1874, the Senate voted 34–30 (S 617). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–20, Democrats 8–8, Others 2–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 28 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: 34
No: 30
Did not vote: 13
Date: Apr 28, 1874

By party

Republicans25 yes · 20 no · 6 didn’t vote
Democrats8 yes · 8 no · 5 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
John Scott R-PA voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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