Senate roll call 178 · 44th Congress · Jun 7, 1876
To amend H.R. 2571 by providing "that appointments in executive depts. Of government be equally distributed between the several states of U.S. Territory and dis
On Jun 7, 1876, the Senate voted 11–28 (HR 2571). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–12, Democrats 1–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 11
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jun 7, 1876
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 12 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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