To amend H.R. 1093 (20-stat-25), a bill providing for the coinage of silver dollars, by making the bill the special order for monday, jan. 7, at 1 o'clock inste

On Dec 6, 1877, the Senate voted 18–40 (HR 1093). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–20, Democrats 7–21, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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: 18
No: 40
Did not vote: 20
Date: Dec 6, 1877

By party

Republicans13 yes · 20 no · 10 didn’t vote
Democrats7 yes · 21 no · 10 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes

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 amend H.R. 1093 (20-stat-25), a bill…: Senate Vote, Dec 6, 1877,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-S-87/to-amend-h-r-1093-20-stat-25-a (accessed 2026-10-17).