Senate roll call 351 · 43rd Congress · Feb 22, 1875
To amend H.R. 4529, by reducing the weight limit of thirdclass mail from four pounds to 12 ounces.
On Feb 22, 1875, the Senate voted 21–34 (HR 4529). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–30, Democrats 14–4, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 21
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 22, 1875
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 30 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- 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
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin 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
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- 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
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- 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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