Senate roll call 135 · 44th Congress · Apr 27, 1876
That the Senate return to its chamber for further consideration of the motion for continuance of the impeachment proceedings against william w. Belknap, late se
On Apr 27, 1876, the Senate voted 30–30. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 25–11, Democrats 5–18, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 30
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 27, 1876
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- 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
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
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