Senate roll call 154 · 45th Congress · Feb 28, 1878
To adjourn because of the excessive debate on H.R. 3072.
On Feb 28, 1878, the Senate voted 19–31 (HR 3072). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–24, Republicans 15–7, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 19
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 28, 1878
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 24 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- 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
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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