Senate roll call 106 · 45th Congress · Jan 25, 1878
To postpone the resolution indefinitely.
On Jan 25, 1878, the Senate voted 22–43. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–20, Democrats 9–26, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 25 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
- 22
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 10
- Date
- Jan 25, 1878
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 20 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 26 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE 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
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock 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
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- 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
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee 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
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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