Senate roll call 15 · 44th Congress · Mar 23, 1875
To amend the resolution by providing to consider it contrary to the spirit of republican institution and not to approve the use of the U.S. Army to enforce unwa
On Mar 23, 1875, the Senate voted 22–33. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–35, Democrats 25–0, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
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
- 33
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Mar 23, 1875
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 35 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- 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
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton 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
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- William Sharon R-NV
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- David McKendree Key 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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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the resolution by providing to…: Senate Vote, Mar 23, 1875,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-15/to-amend-the-resolution-by-providing-to-consider-it (accessed 2026-10-17).