Senate roll call 300 · 43rd Congress · Feb 11, 1875
To pass S. 591, a bill granting the right-of-way to the seattle and walla walla railroad and transportation co.
On Feb 11, 1875, the Senate voted 28–28 (S 591). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–10, Democrats 0–16, Others 3–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 28
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 11, 1875
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 10 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 16 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 2 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- 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
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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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