Senate roll call 71 · 44th Congress · Feb 25, 1876
To amend S. 478, a bill amending an act entitled "an act to authorize the refunding of the national debt" approved 7-14-70 and an act amending the above act, ap
On Feb 25, 1876, the Senate voted 14–43 (S 478). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–33, Democrats 12–10, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 14
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 25, 1876
By party
- Republicans1 yes · 33 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Edward English D-CT voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted no
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC voted yes
- David McKendree Key D-TN voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth O-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- 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
- James Edward English D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- 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
- Joseph Rodman West R-LA
- George Sewel Boutwell R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte 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
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
Did not vote
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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