Senate roll call 211 · 45th Congress · May 1, 1878
To refer S. 35 to the committee on judiciary for further consideration.
On May 1, 1878, the Senate voted 22–31 (S 35). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–8, Democrats 2–24, 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
- 22
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 1, 1878
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 24 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI 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
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- 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
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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