Senate roll call 123 · 44th Congress · Apr 13, 1876
To amend S. 680, a bill authorizing the repavement of pennsylvania avenue, by providing that a commission select the best kind of pavement other than wood or co
On Apr 13, 1876, the Senate voted 27–13 (S 680). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–11, Democrats 16–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 27
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Apr 13, 1876
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 11 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 2 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-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
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- 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
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon 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
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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