Senate roll call 92 · 44th Congress · Mar 14, 1876
To pass S. 172, a bill fixing the salary of the President of the U.S., from and after march 4th, 1877, at $25,000 per annum. (p. 1696-1)
On Mar 14, 1876, the Senate voted 26–20 (S 172). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–15, Democrats 12–5. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 26
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Mar 14, 1876
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- 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
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Newton Booth O-CA
- 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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