Senate roll call 36 · 43rd Congress · Jan 9, 1874
To recommit H.R. 793 to the committee on civil service retrenchment, with instructions to reduce all civil and military salaries and to apportion these reductio
On Jan 9, 1874, the Senate voted 19–41 (HR 793). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–30, Democrats 9–5, Others 1–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 19
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jan 9, 1874
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 30 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 6 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- 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
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- 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
- William Sprague O-RI
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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