Senate roll call 177 · 45th Congress · Apr 9, 1878
To adjourn and thereby stop debate on S. 15.
On Apr 9, 1878, the Senate voted 29–36. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–27, Republicans 23–9, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 29
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Apr 9, 1878
By party
- Republicans23 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 27 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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