Senate roll call 50 · 44th Congress · Feb 8, 1876
To go into executive session. (p. 938)
On Feb 8, 1876, the Senate voted 18–43. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–16, Democrats 1–26, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 18
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 8, 1876
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 26 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Newton Booth O-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton 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 James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
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
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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