To adopt the preamble of the resolution, declaring that the silver dollar of 412 1/2 GR. Was legal tender and not in violation of public faith nor a derogation

On Jan 29, 1878, the Senate voted 42–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–16, Democrats 24–7, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 23 members voted against their own party.

During the 45th Congress (1877–1878), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.

Yes: 42
No: 20
Did not vote: 14
Date: Jan 29, 1878

By party

Republicans20 yes · 16 no · 7 didn’t vote
Democrats24 yes · 7 no · 7 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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