Senate roll call 264 · 45th Congress · May 31, 1878
To amend H.R. 4104, by appropriating $14,000 to pay 14 clerks $1,000, each for preparing plats and field notes.
On May 31, 1878, the Senate voted 13–26 (HR 4104). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–17, Republicans 7–9. 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
- 13
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- May 31, 1878
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 9 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 17 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- 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
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- 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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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