Senate roll call 23 · 44th Congress · Mar 24, 1875
To recess until 5:30 p.m.
On Mar 24, 1875, the Senate voted 14–23. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–15, Democrats 5–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 members voted against their own party.
During the 44th Congress (1875–1876), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Mar 24, 1875
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 15 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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