Senate roll call 78 · 45th Congress · Nov 30, 1877
To pass h.j.r. 48 (20-stat-245), a resolution providing that the U.S. Have a place at the exposition of paris, 1878.
On Nov 30, 1877, the Senate voted 36–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–2, Democrats 9–18, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 36
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Nov 30, 1877
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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