Senate roll call 241 · 44th Congress · Jul 1, 1876
To consider H.J.RES. 139, a resolution granting furlough to employees in the government printing and others for attendance at the centennial exposition at phila
On Jul 1, 1876, the Senate voted 14–25 (HJR 139). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–14, Democrats 1–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 14
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jul 1, 1876
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 14 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 11 no · 22 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth O-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
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To consider H.J.RES. 139, a resolution…: Senate Vote, Jul 1, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-241/to-consider-h-j-res-139-a-resolution-granting (accessed 2026-10-15).