Senate roll call 416 · 44th Congress · Feb 27, 1877
To postpone consideration of S. 984, to the first monday in december due to limited time for present session. (p. 1970)
On Feb 27, 1877, the Senate voted 12–33 (S 984). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–24, Democrats 6–8, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 27, 1877
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 8 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper 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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