Senate roll call 121 · 44th Congress · Apr 12, 1876
To amend S. 650, by providing that postage on seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots scions, state and county fair premuim lists, catalogues and state agricultural repor
On Apr 12, 1876, the Senate voted 20–24 (S 650). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–12, Democrats 6–12, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 20
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Apr 12, 1876
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 12 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 12 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- William Sharon R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom 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
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- James Edward English D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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