Senate roll call 29 · 43rd Congress · Jan 8, 1874
To amend H.R. 793 (18-stat-l.4), by reducing salaries of senators, representatives, and delegates to $5,000 as of march 4, 1873, to be paid in monthly installme
On Jan 8, 1874, the Senate voted 14–45 (HR 793). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–28, Democrats 2–13, Others 2–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 14
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 8, 1874
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 28 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 4 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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