Senate roll call 142 · 44th Congress · May 3, 1876
To amend S. 626, by eliminating the first section of above bill authorizing the President to reserve $125,000 from japanese indemnity fund to be used as hereina
On May 3, 1876, the Senate voted 23–29 (S 626). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–17, Democrats 10–11, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 29
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 3, 1876
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 17 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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