To table an amendment to H.R. 5130, requiring claimants to give bond, with security to repay sums subsequently proven to have been paid by confederacy.

On Jun 18, 1878, the Senate voted 23–26 (HR 5130). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–24, Democrats 21–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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: 23
No: 26
Did not vote: 32
Date: Jun 18, 1878

By party

Republicans2 yes · 24 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats21 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
Francis Kernan D-NY voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table an amendment to H.R. 5130…: Senate Vote, Jun 18, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-S-332/to-table-an-amendment-to-h-r-5130-requiring (accessed 2026-10-17).