Senate roll call 172 · 44th Congress · Jun 6, 1876
On agreeing to order of william pinkney whyte, that the Senate sitting as a court of impeachment, against william w. Belknap, adjourn until tomorrow at 1 o'cloc
On Jun 6, 1876, the Senate voted 18–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–15, Republicans 12–8. 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
- 18
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jun 6, 1876
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 8 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 15 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- 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
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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