Senate roll call 214 · 44th Congress · Jun 21, 1876
To end action on an amendment to H.R. 3478, proposing that on oct. 1st, 1876, the commissioner of indian affairs, and the board of indian commissioners shall be
On Jun 21, 1876, the Senate voted 25–22 (HR 3478). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–4, Democrats 0–20, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 25
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 21, 1876
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 4 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 20 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- 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
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson 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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Capitol Receipts, “To end action on an amendment to H.R. 3478…: Senate Vote, Jun 21, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-214/to-end-action-on-an-amendment-to-h-r (accessed 2026-10-16).