Senate roll call 4 · 44th Congress · Mar 18, 1875
To pass the resolution ratifying the treaty between the U.S. And hawaii on the subject of commercial reciprocity, concluded on jan. 30, 1875.
On Mar 18, 1875, the Senate voted 50–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 30–8, Democrats 20–3, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 50
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Mar 18, 1875
By party
- Republicans30 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- James Edward English D-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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