Senate roll call 265 · 44th Congress · Jul 13, 1876
To amend H.R. 3022, by striking the appropriation of $5000.00 for improvement of tauton river, mass. (p. 4547-2)
On Jul 13, 1876, the Senate voted 21–23 (HR 3022). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–15, Democrats 10–8, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 21
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jul 13, 1876
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 15 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted no
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- 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
- 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
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- 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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