Senate roll call 215 · 43rd Congress · Jun 10, 1874
To proceed to executive business in order to enable clerks to finish ordinary business before adjournment.
On Jun 10, 1874, the Senate voted 20–34. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–18, Democrats 1–15, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 20
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 10, 1874
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 18 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 15 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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