Senate roll call 71 · 43rd Congress · Feb 20, 1874
To adjourn, motion during consideration of S. 432.
On Feb 20, 1874, the Senate voted 16–33 (S 432). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–24, Democrats 5–6, Others 3–3. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 16
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 20, 1874
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 24 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 3 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN voted yes
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- John Scott R-PA voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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