Senate roll call 249 · 43rd Congress · Jun 20, 1874
To reconsider adoption of amendment to H.R. 3600.
On Jun 20, 1874, the Senate voted 29–20 (HR 3600). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–13, Democrats 6–7, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 29
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 20, 1874
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted yes
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- 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
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
Other votes
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