Senate roll call 85 · 43rd Congress · Mar 25, 1874
To postpone the present and all prior orders, and to proceed to the consideration of H.R. 1954, a bill granting a pension to henry b. Ryder.
On Mar 25, 1874, the Senate voted 25–20 (HR 1954). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–10, Democrats 2–9, Others 3–1. 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
- 20
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 25, 1874
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 9 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others3 yes · 1 no · 3 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- William Morris Stewart R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Darwin Pratt R-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Carl Schurz O-MO
- Henry Roberts Pease R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Reuben Eaton Fenton O-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John Scott R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton O-TX
- John Francis Lewis R-VA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Arthur Inghram Boreman R-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Sharpenstein Hager D-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry O-CT
- William Alfred Buckingham R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- William Morris Stewart R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Winright Flanagan R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Eugene Casserly D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Abijah Gilbert R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Alexander Caldwell R-KS
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Robert Crozier R-KS
- Charles Sumner O-MA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Barrett Washburn R-MA
- William Thomas Hamilton D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Alexander Ramsey R-MN
- Adelbert Ames R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Thomas Weston Tipton O-NE
- John Potter Stockton D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Sprague O-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- William Gannaway Brownlow R-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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