Senate roll call 120 · 44th Congress · Apr 12, 1876
To amend S. 650, by providing that that postage on seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, state and county fair premimum lists, catalogues, books used in primar
On Apr 12, 1876, the Senate voted 22–24 (S 650). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–18, Democrats 13–6. 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
- 22
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Apr 12, 1876
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 18 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- James Edward English D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth O-CA
- 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 Brown Gordon D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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