Senate roll call 258 · 44th Congress · Jul 12, 1876
On sustaining the decision of the chair as appealed from by george f. Edmunds, holding that it is not in order under the rules for the trial of impeachments for
On Jul 12, 1876, the Senate voted 18–21. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–7, Democrats 5–14, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 21
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jul 12, 1876
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 7 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth O-CA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- 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
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
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