Senate roll call 54 · 44th Congress · Feb 10, 1876
To pass S. 14, a bill extending the time for the construction and completion of the northern pacific railroad. (p. 996)
On Feb 10, 1876, the Senate voted 35–18 (S 14). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–2, Democrats 8–15, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 35
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 10, 1876
By party
- Republicans27 yes · 2 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted yes
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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