Senate roll call 245 · 44th Congress · Jul 6, 1876
On deciding whether to receive the printed copy of testimony of general w.b. Hazen, offered by john a. MC mahon, n.y., over objection by senator sherman, testim
On Jul 6, 1876, the Senate voted 20–31. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–24, Democrats 16–6, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 20
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jul 6, 1876
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 24 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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