Senate roll call 396 · 43rd Congress · Mar 2, 1875
To consider H.R. 4740 (18-stat-456), a bill providing for making appropriations for the repair, preservation and completion of certain public works on rivers an
On Mar 2, 1875, the Senate voted 24–28 (HR 4740). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–15, Democrats 5–13, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 24
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Mar 2, 1875
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 13 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Scott R-PA
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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