Senate roll call 306 · 43rd Congress · Feb 12, 1875
To amend S. 963, by providing that two of the members of the board of commissioners for the district of columbia be appointed by the President and the third mem
On Feb 12, 1875, the Senate voted 13–38 (S 963). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–19, Democrats 0–16, Others 1–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 12, 1875
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 19 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 16 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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