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Senate roll call 83 · 45th Congress · Dec 1, 1877

To swear m.c. Butler into the Senate as the senator from south carolina.

On Dec 1, 1877, the Senate voted 29–28. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 2–33, Democrats 34–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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

29

No

28

Did not vote

13

Date

Dec 1, 1877

From Voteview roll call records.