To table amendment to H.R. 4529, which amendment proposes that from the passage of this act the congressional record under such regulations as the post-master g

On Feb 22, 1875, the Senate voted 23–34 (HR 4529). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–15, Democrats 3–16, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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: 23
No: 34
Did not vote: 22
Date: Feb 22, 1875

By party

Republicans19 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats3 yes · 16 no · 2 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted yes
Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
William Windom R-MN voted no
Henry Roberts Pease R-MS voted no
James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
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
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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