Senate roll call 273 · 44th Congress · Jul 19, 1876
On deciding whether the inquiry of MR. Carpenter, counsel for the respondent, be allowed to put to the witness (john s. Evans) over objection of MR. MC mahon.
On Jul 19, 1876, the Senate voted 26–13. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–2, Democrats 3–11, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 26
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jul 19, 1876
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 2 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- 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
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-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
- 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
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- 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
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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