Senate roll call 136 · 44th Congress · Apr 27, 1876
To amend an amendment to the motion that the hearing and trial of this impeachment of william belknap be continued to the first monday of december next, which a
On Apr 27, 1876, the Senate voted 28–31. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–14, Democrats 7–16, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 28
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Apr 27, 1876
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 14 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- 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
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
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