Senate roll call 263 · 43rd Congress · Jun 22, 1874
To postpone indefinitely H.R. 2897 (18-stat-l.283), a bill authorizing the President to appoint george henry preble, now a captain on the active list of the nav
On Jun 22, 1874, the Senate voted 14–23 (HR 2897). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–14, Democrats 5–6, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 14
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jun 22, 1874
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 14 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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