Senate roll call 119 · 44th Congress · Apr 12, 1876
To amend S. 650 by eliminating the enacting clause for purpose of substituting the following: providing that all mailable matter of 3rd class, referred to in s
On Apr 12, 1876, the Senate voted 25–25 (S 650). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–15, Democrats 11–11, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 25
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Apr 12, 1876
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- James Edward English D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson 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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