To amend the resolution amending the 20th rule that on offers of and objections to evidence and other interlocutory and incidental questions, time of argument o

On Jul 10, 1876, the Senate voted 23–24. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–13, Democrats 6–11, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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: 23
No: 24
Did not vote: 35
Date: Jul 10, 1876

By party

Republicans16 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats6 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote
Others1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted no
John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ voted no
Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
John Sherman R-OH voted no
John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the resolution amending the 20th…: Senate Vote, Jul 10, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-251/to-amend-the-resolution-amending-the-20th-rule-that (accessed 2026-10-17).