Senate roll call 48 · 44th Congress · Feb 3, 1876
To suspend or postpone the regular order and go to the unfinished business of yesterday, which was S. 2, a bill repeating section 2303 of the revised statutes o
On Feb 3, 1876, the Senate voted 28–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–21, Democrats 14–8, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 28
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 3, 1876
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 21 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- James Edward English D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
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