Senate roll call 327 · 44th Congress · Aug 11, 1876
To amend H.R. 3628, by providing for free postage of government business matters.
On Aug 11, 1876, the Senate voted 30–15 (HR 3628). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–10, Democrats 15–5, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 30
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Aug 11, 1876
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Newton Booth O-CA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- 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
- 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
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- 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
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston 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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