Senate roll call 20 · 43rd Congress · Dec 18, 1873
Nomination of felix brannigan, as United States attorney for the southern district of mississippi, in place of e. P. Jacobson, resigned.
On Dec 18, 1873, the Senate voted 28–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–3, Democrats 0–14, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 28
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Dec 18, 1873
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 3 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 14 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- 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
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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