Senate roll call 364 · 43rd Congress · Feb 24, 1875
To amend H.R. 435, by eliminating the clause requiring the delegates of colorado to pledge their allegiance to the constitution of the U.S.
On Feb 24, 1875, the Senate voted 12–36 (HR 435). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–34, Democrats 11–1, Others 1–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 1 member 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
- 12
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 24, 1875
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 34 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan 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
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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