Senate roll call 145 · 44th Congress · May 4, 1876
To adjourn until may 15, at 12:30 p. M., and that the argument on the question of jurisdiction be confined to nine hours, on each side, to be divided between TH
On May 4, 1876, the Senate voted 22–38. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–23, Democrats 12–14, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 22 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
- 22
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- May 4, 1876
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 23 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 14 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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