Senate roll call 415 · 44th Congress · Feb 27, 1877
To postpone consideration of S. 984, to the first monday in december due to limited time of present session. (p. 1964-1)
On Feb 27, 1877, the Senate voted 29–28 (S 984). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–23, Democrats 15–5, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 29
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 27, 1877
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC 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
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- 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
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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