Senate roll call 55 · 44th Congress · Feb 11, 1876
To pass H.R. 514, a bill relating to the centennial celebration of american independence. (p. 1037)
On Feb 11, 1876, the Senate voted 41–15 (HR 514). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–4, Democrats 12–15, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 41
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 11, 1876
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 4 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 15 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- James Edward English D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- 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
- 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 Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- 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
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- 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
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- William Sharon R-NV
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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