Senate roll call 114 · 44th Congress · Apr 3, 1876
To reconsider the vote by which S. 172, a bill fixing the salary of the President of the U.S., was passed. (p. 2154-2)
On Apr 3, 1876, the Senate voted 24–31 (S 172). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–12, Democrats 3–19, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 24
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Apr 3, 1876
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 19 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-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
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby 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
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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