Senate roll call 38 · 43rd Congress · Jan 9, 1874
To proceed to executive business, motion made during discussion on H.R. 793.
On Jan 9, 1874, the Senate voted 28–30 (HR 793). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–26, Democrats 15–1, Others 1–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 28
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 9, 1874
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 26 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 3 no · 3 didn’t vote
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
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted yes
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted yes
- John Francis Lewis R-VA voted yes
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV 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
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- 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
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- 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
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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