Senate roll call 157 · 44th Congress · May 29, 1876
To amend resolution in nature of a substitute of senator thurman, which declared that william w. Belknap, the respondent, is amenable to trial by impeachment fo
On May 29, 1876, the Senate voted 29–37. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–13, Democrats 2–24, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 29
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- May 29, 1876
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 13 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 24 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Simon Cameron R-PA voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- 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
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- 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
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- 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
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-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
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- 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
Did not vote
- 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
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- William Sharon R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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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