Senate roll call 43 · 44th Congress · Jan 27, 1876
To go into executive session and thereby end consideration of S. 34.
On Jan 27, 1876, the Senate voted 24–28. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–18, Democrats 14–9, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 28
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 27, 1876
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 18 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- 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
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- James Edward English D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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