Senate roll call 374 · 44th Congress · Jan 24, 1877
To amend S. 1153, by restraining the commission from going behind the finding and determination of the canvassing or returning officers of a state, authorized b
On Jan 24, 1877, the Senate voted 18–47 (S 1153). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–19, Democrats 0–27, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 18
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jan 24, 1877
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 19 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 27 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine 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
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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