Senate roll call 302 · 45th Congress · Jun 11, 1878
To amend H.R. 4236, by appropriating $250,000 instead of $75,000 for the canal around columbia river cascades.
On Jun 11, 1878, the Senate voted 30–20 (HR 4236). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–8, Democrats 9–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 30
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jun 11, 1878
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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