Senate roll call 360 · 44th Congress · Dec 18, 1876
To pass over the President's veto S. RES. 172, a resolution fixing the salary of the President of the U.S. At $25,000 a year. (p. 262)
On Dec 18, 1876, the Senate voted 25–19 (SRE 172). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–13, Democrats 13–5, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 25
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Dec 18, 1876
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA voted no
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted yes
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN voted yes
- James Madison Harvey R-KS voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-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
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- 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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