Senate roll call 122 · 44th Congress · Apr 12, 1876
To amend S. 650 by eliminating all after enacting clause and inserting a substitute providing that all mailable matter of 3rd class, referred to in section 3878
On Apr 12, 1876, the Senate voted 23–26 (S 650). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–16, Democrats 11–11, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 23
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Apr 12, 1876
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 16 no · 19 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- 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
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- 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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- 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
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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