Senate roll call 395 · 44th Congress · Feb 15, 1877
To amend H.R. 4554, by exempting from taxation all property owned and actually occupied and used for the purposes of education by incorporated colleges and acad
On Feb 15, 1877, the Senate voted 33–19 (HR 4554). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–16, Democrats 21–2, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 33
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 15, 1877
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 16 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats21 yes · 2 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- 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
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- 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
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
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