Senate roll call 285 · 43rd Congress · Jan 20, 1875
To concur in amendment to H.R. 3818, which amendment eliminates an appropriation of $2,000 for principal clerk's salary in the general land office.
On Jan 20, 1875, the Senate voted 22–16 (HR 3818). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–11, Democrats 9–1, Others 0–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 22
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jan 20, 1875
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 11 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton 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
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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