Senate roll call 99 · 44th Congress · Mar 22, 1876
To amend S. 1, by providing that on disagreement of the two houses as to which return shall be counted then the President of the Senate shall decide which is TH
On Mar 22, 1876, the Senate voted 7–38 (S 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–21, Democrats 3–18, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 7
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 22, 1876
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 21 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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