Senate roll call 198 · 44th Congress · Jun 19, 1876
To reconsider the vote which ordered the floor and galleries cleared and the doors closed in further impeachment proceedings of WM. W. Belknap.
On Jun 19, 1876, the Senate voted 19–24. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–15, Democrats 10–9, Others 1–0. 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
- 19
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jun 19, 1876
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 15 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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