Senate roll call 183 · 45th Congress · Apr 15, 1878
To consent to the nomination of john w. Easly as chief of the bureau of construction and repairs and chief
On Apr 15, 1878, the Senate voted 27–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 6–16, Democrats 20–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 27
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Apr 15, 1878
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 16 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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