Senate roll call 429 · 44th Congress · Mar 3, 1877
To postpone to 1st wed. Of december S. 1267, a bill providing to aid the resumption of specie payments by authorizing the issue of bonds bearing 4 % interest in
On Mar 3, 1877, the Senate voted 26–23 (S 1267). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–18, Democrats 16–5, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 26
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 3, 1877
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- 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
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