Senate roll call 8 · 43rd Congress · Mar 19, 1873
To consider the resolution instructing the committee on the revision of the rules to inquire into the propriety of amending the rules so as to provide, first:
On Mar 19, 1873, the Senate voted 25–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 24–12, Democrats 0–14, Others 1–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 25
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 19, 1873
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 14 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 4 no · 2 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Sprague O-RI
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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