To amend S. 35, by instructing the committee on judiciary to report on thrusday such amendments which were proper to the bill.

On Apr 30, 1878, the Senate voted 27–27 (S 35). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–14, Democrats 10–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 27
Did not vote: 27
Date: Apr 30, 1878

By party

Republicans17 yes · 14 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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