Senate roll call 74 · 43rd Congress · Mar 2, 1874
Nomination of samuel bard as deputy postmaster at atlanta, fulton county, georgia.
On Mar 2, 1874, the Senate voted 27–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–12, Democrats 14–0, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 27
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Mar 2, 1874
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 12 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no · 5 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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