Senate roll call 268 · 43rd Congress · Jun 22, 1874
To adjourn, due to lateness of the hour.
On Jun 22, 1874, the Senate voted 26–24. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–22, Democrats 13–1, Others 2–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 26
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 22, 1874
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 1 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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