Senate roll call 381 · 44th Congress · Feb 7, 1877
To concur in a house amendment to S. 1222, (19 stat. 231), a bill providing for a deficiency in the appropriations for the public printing and binding for the c
On Feb 7, 1877, the Senate voted 20–28 (S 1222). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–24, Democrats 13–4, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 20
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 7, 1877
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 4 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- 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
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To concur in a house amendment to S. 1222…: Senate Vote, Feb 7, 1877,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-381/to-concur-in-a-house-amendment-to-s-1222 (accessed 2026-10-17).