Senate roll call 208 · 43rd Congress · Jun 9, 1874
To amend H.R. 3171, by providing that suits or actions commenced or forfeitures incurred previous to may 1, 1874, shall not be affected by this act.
On Jun 9, 1874, the Senate voted 27–15 (HR 3171). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–3, Democrats 3–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 27
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jun 9, 1874
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 3 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 12 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- 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
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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