Senate roll call 33 · 43rd Congress · Jan 8, 1874
To amendh.r. 793 by repealing that protion of the appropriation bill relating to an increase in salaries for heads of departments to $8,000.
On Jan 8, 1874, the Senate voted 32–29 (HR 793). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–25, Democrats 15–1, Others 2–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 32
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Jan 8, 1874
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 25 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 3 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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