Senate roll call 408 · 44th Congress · Feb 21, 1877
To amend H.R. 4472, (19 stat. 294), a bill making appropriations for the legislative, executive and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending june
On Feb 21, 1877, the Senate voted 23–18 (HR 4472). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–7, Democrats 5–11, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 23
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 21, 1877
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 7 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Goldthwaite D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Henry Cooper D-TN voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- 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
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Powell Clayton 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 James Ingalls R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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