Senate roll call 309 · 45th Congress · Jun 13, 1878
To postpone the calendar in order to consider H.R. 805, a bill resuming specie payments.
On Jun 13, 1878, the Senate voted 30–28. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–8, Republicans 7–22, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 28
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jun 13, 1878
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 22 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald 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
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- 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
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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