To amend a motion to recommit S. 432 to the committee on finance, so that the instructions provide for an amendment to the effect that the whole volume of natio

On Feb 20, 1874, the Senate voted 28–25 (S 432). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–18, Democrats 7–7, Others 2–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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: 28
No: 25
Did not vote: 16
Date: Feb 20, 1874

By party

Republicans24 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
Democrats7 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 5 no

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA voted no
William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
John Scott R-PA voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV 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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