Senate roll call 124 · 44th Congress · Apr 18, 1876
To amend S. 680, by providing for a fair distribution of cost of paving penn. Ave., that government of U.S. Pay all expense of paving in front of own property u
On Apr 18, 1876, the Senate voted 26–15 (S 680). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–12, Democrats 17–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 26
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Apr 18, 1876
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 12 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Democrats17 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
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