Senate roll call 172 · 43rd Congress · May 22, 1874
To amend S. 1, by allowing any state or school district to provide seperate schools for persons of different sex or color when seperate schools are on same grad
On May 22, 1874, the Senate voted 21–26 (S 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–26, Democrats 13–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 21
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- May 22, 1874
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 26 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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