Senate roll call 247 · 45th Congress · May 24, 1878
To amend H.R. 3259, by imposing a tax of $1.00 annually on every male inhabitant 21 yrs. Or over supported in any manner by district of columbia.
On May 24, 1878, the Senate voted 25–22 (HR 3259). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–8, Republicans 8–13, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 22
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 24, 1878
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- 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
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- 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
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson 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
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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