Senate roll call 66 · 44th Congress · Feb 22, 1876
To go into executive session. (p. 367-1)
On Feb 22, 1876, the Senate voted 25–12. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–10, Democrats 13–1, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 25
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Feb 22, 1876
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 10 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 1 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Samuel Price D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To go into executive session. (p. 367-1): Senate Vote, Feb 22, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-66/to-go-into-executive-session-p-367-1 (accessed 2026-10-15).