To adjourn in order to postpone consideration of S. 35.

On May 9, 1878, the Senate voted 26–28 (S 35). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–17, Republicans 14–10, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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: 26
No: 28
Did not vote: 28
Date: May 9, 1878

By party

Republicans14 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats12 yes · 17 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
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
William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Frank Hereford 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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