Senate roll call 163 · 44th Congress · May 31, 1876
To amend S. 626, by striking out section two.
On May 31, 1876, the Senate voted 15–29 (S 626). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–18, Democrats 4–13, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 15
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 31, 1876
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 18 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth O-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-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 Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- William Sharon R-NV
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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