Senate roll call 91 · 44th Congress · Mar 10, 1876
To pass S. 229, a bill enabling the people of n.m. To form a constitution and state government and for the admission of the said state into the union on an equa
On Mar 10, 1876, the Senate voted 35–14 (S 229). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–5, Democrats 10–10, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 14
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 10, 1876
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted no
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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