Senate roll call 345 · 44th Congress · Aug 15, 1876
To proceed to the consideration of a resolution providing that the sergeant of arms is hereby authorized and directed to retain in the employ of the Senate unti
On Aug 15, 1876, the Senate voted 22–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–9, Democrats 6–5, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 22
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Aug 15, 1876
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 9 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 5 no · 23 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
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Newton Booth O-CA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- 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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