Senate roll call 327 · 43rd Congress · Feb 17, 1875
To table resolution to admit p.b.s. Pinchback as a senator from louisiana, for the term of six years from march 4, 1873.
On Feb 17, 1875, the Senate voted 39–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–22, Democrats 20–0, Others 6–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 39
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 17, 1875
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 22 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Others6 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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