Senate roll call 138 · 44th Congress · Apr 28, 1876
To amend the order of senator edmunds, fixing date of hearing on may 4th, by having the hearing on the trial of william w. Belknap proceed on may 8, 1876.
On Apr 28, 1876, the Senate voted 23–32. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–11, Democrats 3–20, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 23
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Apr 28, 1876
By party
- Republicans20 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 20 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- 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
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- 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
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- 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
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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