Senate roll call 253 · 44th Congress · Jul 11, 1876
That the Senate sitting for trial of impeachment proceedings against william w. Belknap, adjourn.
On Jul 11, 1876, the Senate voted 17–24. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–13, Democrats 5–10, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 17
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jul 11, 1876
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
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
- 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
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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