Senate roll call 153 · 44th Congress · May 27, 1876
To amend the order of MR. Morton, that the Senate proceed on friday next at 1 o'clock, to vote, without further debate, upon the pending and cognate questions;
On May 27, 1876, the Senate voted 28–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–16, Democrats 18–5, Others 1–0. 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
- 28
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- May 27, 1876
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 16 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- 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
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-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
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
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