Senate roll call 199 · 44th Congress · Jun 19, 1876
To amend the order of senator sherman providing that the paper presented by the defendant, william w. Belknap, on june 16th be filed in this cause, and the defe
On Jun 19, 1876, the Senate voted 24–24. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–20, Democrats 18–3, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 24
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jun 19, 1876
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 20 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David McKendree Key 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
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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 Sherman R-OH
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the order of senator sherman…: Senate Vote, Jun 19, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-199/to-amend-the-order-of-senator-sherman-providing-that (accessed 2026-10-17).