Senate roll call 131 · 45th Congress · Feb 15, 1878
To amend H.R. 1093 by fixing the number of grains of standard silver dollar at 420 instead of 412 1/2.
On Feb 15, 1878, the Senate voted 25–44 (HR 1093). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–19, Democrats 9–24, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 26 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
- 25
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- Feb 15, 1878
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 19 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 24 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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