Senate roll call 97 · 44th Congress · Mar 22, 1876
To amend S. 1, by eliminating cooper's amendment giving the House Of Representatives sole decision in the disagreement of votes and insert in lieu thereof, that
On Mar 22, 1876, the Senate voted 11–39 (S 1). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–25, Democrats 9–13, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 11
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 22, 1876
By party
- Republicans2 yes · 25 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Kerr Kelly D-OR
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth O-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Thomas Manson Norwood D-GA
- George Grover Wright R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- 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
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Phineas Warren Hitchcock R-NE
- Frederick Theodore Frelinghuysen R-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Thomas James Robertson R-SC
- David McKendree Key D-TN
- Henry Cooper D-TN
- Morgan Calvin Hamilton R-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- George Goldthwaite D-AL
- Powell Clayton R-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- James Edward English D-CT
- Orris Sanford Ferry R-CT
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- James Madison Harvey R-KS
- John White Stevenson D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lot Myrick Morrill R-ME
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- James Lusk Alcorn R-MS
- Aaron Harrison Cragin R-NH
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Andrew Johnson D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Allen Taylor Caperton D-WV
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Samuel Price D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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