Senate roll call 399 · 43rd Congress · Mar 3, 1875
To amend H.R. 4729, by appropriating $50,000 for the continuation of the building of a custom house and post office, at grand rapids, mich.
On Mar 3, 1875, the Senate voted 31–18 (HR 4729). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–9, Democrats 3–7, Others 1–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 31
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 3, 1875
By party
- Republicans27 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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