Senate roll call 326 · 44th Congress · Aug 11, 1876
To amend H.R. 3628, by appropriating $150,000 from the revenues of the post office department for the purpose of restoring the transportation of mail by fast TR
On Aug 11, 1876, the Senate voted 30–18 (HR 3628). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–6, Democrats 8–12. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 30
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Aug 11, 1876
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 12 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- 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
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth O-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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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