Senate roll call 422 · 44th Congress · Mar 2, 1877
To consider S. 1145, a bill providing for the relief of warren mitdhell authorizing secretary of treasury to pay claimant out of money in treasury derived from
On Mar 2, 1877, the Senate voted 24–21 (S 1145). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 3–20, Democrats 21–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 24
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 2, 1877
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 20 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats21 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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