To concur in the amendment H.R. 4740, which increases the appropriation, for the improvement of the great kanaroha river, w. VA., from $100,000 to $600,000.

On Mar 3, 1875, the Senate voted 21–20 (HR 4740). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–11, Democrats 6–6, Others 0–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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: 21
No: 20
Did not vote: 38
Date: Mar 3, 1875

By party

Republicans15 yes · 11 no · 25 didn’t vote
Democrats6 yes · 6 no · 9 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 3 no · 4 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
William Barrett Washburn R-MA voted no
George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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