Senate roll call 288 · 44th Congress · Jul 25, 1876
To adjourn, to terminate any further argument by MR. Carpenter, counsel for the accused, william w. Belknap, late secretary of war, on the trial upon articles o
On Jul 25, 1876, the Senate voted 33–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–5, Democrats 7–13, 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
- 33
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jul 25, 1876
By party
- Republicans25 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- John White Stevenson D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper 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
- 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
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