Senate roll call 285 · 45th Congress · Jun 8, 1878
To amend S. 1262 (20-stat-168), a bill making appropriations to complete construction of jetties at the mouth of the mississippi, by reserving to Congress the r
On Jun 8, 1878, the Senate voted 14–39 (S 1262). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–16, Democrats 0–23. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 14
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 8, 1878
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 16 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- 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 Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- 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
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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