Senate roll call 100 · 44th Congress · Mar 23, 1876
To amend S. 1, by insuring to each state that the count of its electoral vote is to be recorded by both houses; each house to forward to the other the returns o
On Mar 23, 1876, the Senate voted 12–37 (S 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–27, Democrats 12–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 12
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 23, 1876
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 27 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- 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
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 1, by insuring to each state…: Senate Vote, Mar 23, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-100/to-amend-s-1-by-insuring-to-each-state (accessed 2026-10-16).