Senate roll call 281 · 43rd Congress · Jan 16, 1875
To adjourn due to the lateness of the hour, motion made during consideration of the resolution that the committee on judiciary be instructed to inquire what leg
On Jan 16, 1875, the Senate voted 17–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 1–16, Democrats 13–0, Others 3–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 17
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 46
- Date
- Jan 16, 1875
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 16 no · 34 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 0 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- 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
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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