Senate roll call 403 · 43rd Congress · Mar 3, 1875
To amend H.R. 4740, by increasing the appropriation for the improvement of the ohio river, from $300,000 to $800,000.
On Mar 3, 1875, the Senate voted 29–19 (HR 4740). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–7, Democrats 6–8, Others 0–4. 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
- 29
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 3, 1875
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 4 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-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
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- 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
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Sprague O-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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