Senate roll call 284 · 44th Congress · Jul 22, 1876
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 3022, increasing the appropriation for improvement of the harbor at buffalo from $75,000 to $100,000, no quorum voting. (p. 4
On Jul 22, 1876, the Senate voted 17–18 (HR 3022). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–9, Democrats 6–9, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 18
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Jul 22, 1876
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 9 no · 28 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 9 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- 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 Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- 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
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To concur in an amendment to H.R. 3022…: Senate Vote, Jul 22, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-284/to-concur-in-an-amendment-to-h-r-3022 (accessed 2026-10-17).