Senate roll call 393 · 44th Congress · Feb 15, 1877
To amend H.R. 4554, by directing the secretary of the treasury to advance to the district commissioners between july 1st and november 1, 1877, such sums as may
On Feb 15, 1877, the Senate voted 15–26 (HR 4554). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–22, Democrats 12–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 15
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 15, 1877
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 22 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 4 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- 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
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- 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
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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