Senate roll call 258 · 45th Congress · May 28, 1878
To amend H.R. 4663, by providing that when such legal tender notes are returned to the treasury, they shall be reissued as the public service may require or oth
On May 28, 1878, the Senate voted 10–36 (HR 4663). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–23, Republicans 9–15, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 10
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 28, 1878
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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