Senate roll call 199 · 43rd Congress · Jun 5, 1874
To amend S. 857, by providing the commissioner of agriculture with 50,000 copies of agriculture reports.
On Jun 5, 1874, the Senate voted 21–28 (S 857). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–15, Democrats 2–14, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 28
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 5, 1874
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 14 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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