Senate roll call 394 · 44th Congress · Feb 15, 1877
To amend H.R. 4554, by eliminating the clause taxing property of institutions, incorporated colleges and academies in the district and georgetown. (p. 1596-1)
On Feb 15, 1877, the Senate voted 17–26 (HR 4554). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–24, Democrats 14–1, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 17
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 15, 1877
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 24 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 1 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- 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 Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- 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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