Senate roll call 398 · 43rd Congress · Mar 2, 1875
To table amendment H.R. 4729, which provides that from the passage of this act, the salary of the district judge of the United States for the eastern district o
On Mar 2, 1875, the Senate voted 30–27 (HR 4729). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–18, Democrats 9–8, Others 3–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 26 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
- 30
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Mar 2, 1875
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 18 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 8 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
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