To table the order of senator morton, as amended, which provides that the Senate proceed on monday next, after consideration, to vote upon the pending and cogna

On May 27, 1876, the Senate voted 14–34. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–11, Democrats 0–22, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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: 14
No: 34
Did not vote: 34
Date: May 27, 1876

By party

Republicans14 yes · 11 no · 22 didn’t vote
Democrats0 yes · 22 no · 12 didn’t vote
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
John Sherman R-OH voted no
John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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