Senate roll call 144 · 43rd Congress · May 12, 1874
To amend S. 7, by proposing three commissioners (instead of five) to constitute the tribunal of claims.
On May 12, 1874, the Senate voted 22–28 (S 7). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–20, Democrats 8–6, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 22
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 12, 1874
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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