Senate roll call 299 · 43rd Congress · Feb 11, 1875
To amend S. 963, a bill providing for the better government of the district of columbia, by providing for a board of three commissioners to be elected by the vo
On Feb 11, 1875, the Senate voted 16–32 (S 963). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–21, Democrats 4–7, Others 1–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 16
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 11, 1875
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 21 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey 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
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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