To amend H.R. 3600, by directing the joint committee on the libraries and the librarian of Congress to report at the next session of Congress on the necessity a

On Jun 20, 1874, the Senate voted 27–15 (HR 3600). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–13, Democrats 11–0, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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 20, 1874

By party

Republicans15 yes · 13 no · 23 didn’t vote
Democrats11 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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