Senate roll call 217 · 45th Congress · May 6, 1878
To amend H.R. 3974, (20-stat-112), a bill making appropriations for the payment of invalid and other pensions of the United States for the fiscal year ending ju
On May 6, 1878, the Senate voted 27–22 (HR 3974). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–5, Democrats 5–17. 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
- 27
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- May 6, 1878
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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