Senate roll call 409 · 44th Congress · Feb 22, 1877
To amend H.R. 4559, (19 stat. 363), a bill making appropriations to supply deficiencies in the appropriations for the fiscal year ending june 30, 1877, by provi
On Feb 22, 1877, the Senate voted 23–21 (HR 4559). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–8, Democrats 6–12, 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
- 23
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 22, 1877
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 12 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- George Grover Wright R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-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
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh 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
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- 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
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
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