Senate roll call 154 · 44th Congress · May 27, 1876
To amend order, in nature of a substitute, that the Senate proceed on monday next after consideration to vote, without further debate upon the pending and cogna
On May 27, 1876, the Senate voted 17–34. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–11, Democrats 1–22, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 17
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 27, 1876
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats1 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- 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
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
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
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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