Senate roll call 164 · 44th Congress · May 31, 1876
To amend S. 626, by authorizing the President to reserve from the japanese indemnity fund the sum of $125,000.00 to be used in the manner hereinafter provided;
On May 31, 1876, the Senate voted 22–21 (S 626). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–19, Democrats 14–4, Others 0–1. 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
- 22
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- May 31, 1876
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
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