Senate roll call 59 · 43rd Congress · Feb 10, 1874
Nomination of thomas b. Searight to surveyor general of the United States for district of colorado, in place of william h. Lessig, removed.
On Feb 10, 1874, the Senate voted 33–7. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–4, Democrats 10–1, Others 1–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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
- 33
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 10, 1874
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 4 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 2 no · 4 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-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
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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