Senate roll call 117 · 44th Congress · Apr 5, 1876
That the Senate sitting as judges for the trial of impeachments, against william w. Belknap. Late secretary of war, adjourn until april 17th 1876, at, 12:30, p
On Apr 5, 1876, the Senate voted 38–10. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–0, Democrats 11–10, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 38
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Apr 5, 1876
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 0 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 13 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 Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon 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
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
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 Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- 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
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe 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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