Senate roll call 101 · 45th Congress · Jan 22, 1878
To adjourn, made during consideration of the nomination of mike j. Waldron as United States marshal for the western district of tennessee.
On Jan 22, 1878, the Senate voted 12–37. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–21, Democrats 5–15, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 22, 1878
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Other votes
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