Senate roll call 353 · 44th Congress · Dec 5, 1876
To amend the resolution by eliminating the preamble referring to the second section of the 14th article of the amendments to the constitution of the U.S., provi
On Dec 5, 1876, the Senate voted 21–40. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–40, Democrats 21–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 44th Congress (1875–1876), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Dec 5, 1876
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 40 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats21 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the resolution by eliminating the…: Senate Vote, Dec 5, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-353/to-amend-the-resolution-by-eliminating-the-preamble-referring (accessed 2026-10-17).