To table an amendment to H.R. 2571, providing that the appointments in all executive departments of the government shall be so arranged as to be equally distrib

On Jun 7, 1876, the Senate voted 21–18 (HR 2571). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–10, Democrats 8–8, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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: 21
No: 18
Did not vote: 43
Date: Jun 7, 1876

By party

Republicans12 yes · 10 no · 25 didn’t vote
Democrats8 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
David McKendree Key D-TN voted no
Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table an amendment to H.R. 2571…: Senate Vote, Jun 7, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-182/to-table-an-amendment-to-h-r-2571-providing (accessed 2026-10-16).