Senate roll call 105 · 45th Congress · Jan 25, 1878
To amend the resolution by providing for the retirement of the bank only if the silver bill become the law of the land.
On Jan 25, 1878, the Senate voted 14–41. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–24, Republicans 8–19, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 14
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jan 25, 1878
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 19 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats8 yes · 24 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- 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
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- 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
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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