To adjourn until next thursday for the purpose of omitting tuesday and wednesday meetings, as it seemed impossible to keep a quorum in the Senate. (p. 3757-1)

On Jun 12, 1876, the Senate voted 16–23. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–13, Democrats 9–10. 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: 16
No: 23
Did not vote: 43
Date: Jun 12, 1876

By party

Republicans7 yes · 13 no · 27 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
John Sherman R-OH voted yes
James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted yes
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes

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 adjourn until next thursday for the…: Senate Vote, Jun 12, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-193/to-adjourn-until-next-thursday-for-the-purpose-of (accessed 2026-10-17).