Senate roll call 365 · 44th Congress · Jan 15, 1877
To pass H.R. 4281 (19 stat. 223), a bill amending an act entitled "an act authorizing the repavement of pennsylvania avenut." (p. 615, 616-2)
On Jan 15, 1877, the Senate voted 22–18 (HR 4281). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–8, Democrats 5–10, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 22
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 42
- Date
- Jan 15, 1877
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 8 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Samuel Price D-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller 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
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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