Senate roll call 193 · 44th Congress · Jun 12, 1876
To adjourn until next thursday for the purpose of omitting tuesday and wednesday meetings, as it seemed impossible to keep a quorum in the Senate. (p. 3757-1)
On Jun 12, 1876, the Senate voted 16–23. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–13, Democrats 9–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jun 12, 1876
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 13 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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