Senate roll call 151 · 44th Congress · May 23, 1876
To adjourn the Senate sitting for trial of impeachment of william w. Belknap, owing to late hour.
On May 23, 1876, the Senate voted 22–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–10, Democrats 9–10, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 20
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- May 23, 1876
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 10 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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 Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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