Senate roll call 407 · 44th Congress · Feb 21, 1877
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 418, (19 stat. 383), a bill making appropriations for the service of the post office department for the fiscal year ending jun
On Feb 21, 1877, the Senate voted 27–18 (HR 418). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–8, Democrats 7–10, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 27
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 21, 1877
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 8 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin 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
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- 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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