Senate roll call 212 · 44th Congress · Jun 21, 1876
To ascertain presence of a quorum and to put on record the names of members present and absent. (p. 3961-2)
On Jun 21, 1876, the Senate voted 27–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–6, Democrats 8–9, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 27
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jun 21, 1876
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 6 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- 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
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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