Senate roll call 85 · 44th Congress · Mar 6, 1876
To consent to the nomination of jacob vore, as agent for the indians of the omaha agency, in nebraska, to take effect jan. 1, 1816.
On Mar 6, 1876, the Senate voted 23–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–7, Democrats 2–23, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 23
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 6, 1876
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 7 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 23 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- William Sharon R-NV voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- James Edward English D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- 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
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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