Senate roll call 145 · 45th Congress · Feb 21, 1878
To consent to the nomination of george williamson as collector of customs for the district of new orleans in the state of louisiana.
On Feb 21, 1878, the Senate voted 15–37. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–22, Democrats 7–15, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 15
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 21, 1878
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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