Senate roll call 318 · 44th Congress · Aug 5, 1876
To concur in the conference report on H.R. 3625, a bill providing for the sale of osage ceded lands to actual settlers. (p. 5196)
On Aug 5, 1876, the Senate voted 27–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–13, Democrats 14–5, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 27
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Aug 5, 1876
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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