Senate roll call 349 · 43rd Congress · Feb 22, 1875
To amend H.R. 4529, by proposing that the congressional record shall be mailed free of postage, under such regulations as the postmaster general may prescribe,
On Feb 22, 1875, the Senate voted 40–21 (HR 4529). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–17, Democrats 17–3, Others 2–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 40
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- Feb 22, 1875
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 17 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- 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
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- 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
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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