Senate roll call 165 · 44th Congress · May 31, 1876
To amend S. 626, by striking the first section of the bill, which authorizes the President of U.S. To reserve $125,000 from japanese indemnity fund, to be used
On May 31, 1876, the Senate voted 20–22 (S 626). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–17, Democrats 11–6, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 20
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- May 31, 1876
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 17 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 6 no · 17 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-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
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 626, by striking the first…: Senate Vote, May 31, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-165/to-amend-s-626-by-striking-the-first-section (accessed 2026-10-16).