Senate roll call 50 · 43rd Congress · Feb 4, 1874
To amend H.R. 792 (18-stat-l.178), a bill repealing an act to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy throughout the United States, by eliminating a portion ad
On Feb 4, 1874, the Senate voted 18–34 (HR 792). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–23, Democrats 4–7, Others 1–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 18
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 4, 1874
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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