Senate roll call 53 · 43rd Congress · Feb 6, 1874
To pass H.R. 1400 (18-stat-l.530), a bill for the relief of william h. Vesey, reimbursing him for losses sustained by failure of a bank in which he deposited, a
On Feb 6, 1874, the Senate voted 25–15 (HR 1400). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–11, Democrats 6–3, Others 4–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 25
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 6, 1874
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 11 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others4 yes · 1 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Robert Crozier R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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