Senate roll call 279 · 45th Congress · Jun 5, 1878
To amend S. 563, by allowing franking privilege on mail bearing senders name and not exceeding 2 1/2 ounces, to government officials and congressmen.
On Jun 5, 1878, the Senate voted 20–19 (S 563). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–8, Democrats 6–13, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 20
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jun 5, 1878
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 13 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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