Senate roll call 330 · 44th Congress · Aug 11, 1876
To amend H.J.RES. 1, a resolution proposing an amendment to the consititution of the U.S. Known as the school amendment by providing that no state shall make an
On Aug 11, 1876, the Senate voted 27–15 (HJR 1). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–0, Democrats 0–19, Others 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
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
- 34
- Date
- Aug 11, 1876
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 19 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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