Senate roll call 252 · 44th Congress · Jul 10, 1876
To pass the resolution amending the 20 TH rule that on offers of and objections to evidence, time of argument on both sides to be limited to 15 min. Instead of
On Jul 10, 1876, the Senate voted 26–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–8, Democrats 10–7, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 26
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jul 10, 1876
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 8 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 7 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
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