Senate roll call 201 · 45th Congress · Apr 24, 1878
To pass H.R. 1224 (21-stat-525), a bill authorizing the SEC. Of treasury to pay $3,639.25 to WM. R. Hervey of louisville ky., in full satisfaction of a loss occ
On Apr 24, 1878, the Senate voted 31–11 (HR 1224). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–7, Democrats 16–3, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 31
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Apr 24, 1878
By party
- Republicans15 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 3 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- David Davis I-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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