Senate roll call 75 · 43rd Congress · Mar 3, 1874
To postpone pending and prior orders, during debate on H.R. 1394, and to proceed to consideration of H.R. 1009, the army appropriation bill.
On Mar 3, 1874, the Senate voted 16–30 (HR 1394). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–23, Democrats 8–7, Others 2–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 30
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 3, 1874
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 23 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 2 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
Other votes
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