Senate roll call 51 · 44th Congress · Feb 9, 1876
To amend H.R. 514, (19-stat. 3), a bill relating to the centennial celebration of american independence, by providing that it be recommended to the people of TH
On Feb 9, 1876, the Senate voted 12–45 (HR 514). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–35, Democrats 11–11, 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
- 12
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 9, 1876
By party
- Republicans3 yes · 35 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
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
- James Edward English D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- 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
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- William Sharon R-NV
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 514, (19-stat. 3), a bill…: Senate Vote, Feb 9, 1876,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/44-S-51/to-amend-h-r-514-19-stat-3-a (accessed 2026-10-17).