Senate roll call 345 · 43rd Congress · Feb 22, 1875
To table amendment to H.R. 4529 (18-stat-l.340), the post office appropriations bill for fiscal 1875, which amendment eliminates an appropriation $986,000 for o
On Feb 22, 1875, the Senate voted 32–25 (HR 4529). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–9, Democrats 3–15, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 25
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 22, 1875
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 15 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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