Senate roll call 375 · 44th Congress · Jan 24, 1877
To amend S. 1153, by providing that commission keep open doors except when in consultation on questions pending, thereby eliminating any secret session and enab
On Jan 24, 1877, the Senate voted 13–47 (S 1153). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–21, Democrats 0–25, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 13
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jan 24, 1877
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 21 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 25 no · 9 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- William Sharon R-NV 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
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- 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 James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- 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
- 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
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- 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
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- 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
- 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
From Voteview roll call records.
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