Senate roll call 348 · 43rd Congress · Feb 22, 1875
To table an amendment to H.R. 4529, which amendment declares that the congressional record and all other public documents printed by Congress shall be mailed po
On Feb 22, 1875, the Senate voted 29–27 (HR 4529). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–9, Democrats 3–16, Others 1–2. 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
- 29
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 22, 1875
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 16 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 4 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 Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
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
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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