Senate roll call 27 · 43rd Congress · Jan 7, 1874
To adjourn because of lateness of the hour, motion made during debate on H.R. 793, a bill establishing the compensation of senators, representatives and delegat
On Jan 7, 1874, the Senate voted 27–29 (HR 793). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–26, Democrats 14–2, Others 4–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 29
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jan 7, 1874
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 26 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- 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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