To concur in amendment to H.R. 4740, which increases from $160,000 to $560,000, the appropriation for the improvement of the tennessee river below chattanooga,

On Mar 3, 1875, the Senate voted 23–20 (HR 4740). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–13, Democrats 9–5, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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: 23
No: 20
Did not vote: 36
Date: Mar 3, 1875

By party

Republicans14 yes · 13 no · 24 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 5 no · 7 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 2 no · 5 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
William Boyd Allison R-IA 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
William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted no
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY 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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