Senate roll call 140 · 44th Congress · May 1, 1876
That the Senate retire to its conference room, to consider the motion of senator MC donald, which proposed to reconsider the vote by which it was ordered that t
On May 1, 1876, the Senate voted 40–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–15, Democrats 20–3, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 40
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 1, 1876
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 15 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- William Andrew Wallace D-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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