Senate roll call 359 · 44th Congress · Dec 15, 1876
To amend H.R. 4197, (19 stat. 219), a bill providing for the payment of the electoral messengers, which amendment proposes to pay electoral messengers 25 cents
On Dec 15, 1876, the Senate voted 13–31 (HR 4197). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–17, Democrats 4–13, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Dec 15, 1876
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 17 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 13 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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