Senate roll call 31 · 44th Congress · Jan 10, 1876
To pass a resolution providing that the death of the vice-President does not ban effect to vacate the office of President pro-tempore of Senate. (p. 316)
On Jan 10, 1876, the Senate voted 62–0. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–0, Democrats 27–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes.
During the 44th Congress (1875–1876), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 62
- No
- 0
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jan 10, 1876
By party
- Republicans34 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- James Edward English 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
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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