Senate roll call 39 · 44th Congress · Jan 27, 1876
To amend S. 34, (19-stat. 35), a bill confirming preemption and homestead of public lands within the limits of railroad grants in cases where such entries have
On Jan 27, 1876, the Senate voted 8–41 (S 34). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–22, Democrats 1–21, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 8
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 27, 1876
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 22 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 21 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- 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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- 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
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 34, (19-stat. 35), a bill…: Senate Vote, Jan 27, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-39/to-amend-s-34-19-stat-35-a-bill (accessed 2026-10-15).