Senate roll call 161 · 44th Congress · May 29, 1876
On agreeing to third resolution, as amended, declaring that at the time specified in the foregoing resolution the President of the Senate, shall pronounce the j
On May 29, 1876, the Senate voted 35–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–20, Democrats 24–1, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 35
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 29, 1876
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 20 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats24 yes · 1 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell 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
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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