Senate roll call 411 · 44th Congress · Feb 24, 1877
To amend the resolution referring the electoral vote of oregon and providing that the decision of the commission upon electoral vote of state of oregon stand as
On Feb 24, 1877, the Senate voted 24–40. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–41, Democrats 27–0, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 44th Congress (1875–1876), Ulysses S. Grant was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 24, 1877
By party
- Republicans0 yes · 41 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 0 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-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
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- 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
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes 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
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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