Senate roll call 246 · 45th Congress · May 24, 1878
To amend H.R. 3259, by assessing real property without the limits of cities of washington and georgetown $1.00 per $100 annually.
On May 24, 1878, the Senate voted 25–21 (HR 3259). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–16, Republicans 14–5, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 25
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- May 24, 1878
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 5 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 16 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 3259, by assessing real…: Senate Vote, May 24, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-S-246/to-amend-h-r-3259-by-assessing-real-property (accessed 2026-10-17).