Senate roll call 236 · 43rd Congress · Jun 18, 1874
To amend H.R. 2797, a bill making appropriations for payment of claims allowed under act of march 3, 1871, by refecting william bailey's claim of $45,161.72 for
On Jun 18, 1874, the Senate voted 21–33 (HR 2797). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–14, Democrats 0–18, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 33
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jun 18, 1874
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 18 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- 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
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- 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
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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