Senate roll call 297 · 43rd Congress · Feb 10, 1875
To refer S. 861, a bill establishing a commission to regulate steam-railway tracks and horse railways in washington, to the committee or the district of columbi
On Feb 10, 1875, the Senate voted 18–30 (S 861). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–27, Democrats 13–2, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 18
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 10, 1875
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 27 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 2 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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