Senate roll call 39 · 43rd Congress · Jan 9, 1874
To amend H.R. 793 by fixing a salary at $5,000 per year for senators, representatives and delegates, besides mileage.
On Jan 9, 1874, the Senate voted 35–25 (HR 793). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–16, Democrats 9–7, Others 2–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 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
- 35
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jan 9, 1874
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Robert Crozier R-KS voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Scott R-PA voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- 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
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
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