Senate roll call 126 · 45th Congress · Feb 15, 1878
To amend H.R. 1093 by providing that the President of the U.S. Invite european nations to join the U.S. In a conference to adopt a common ratio of legal tender
On Feb 15, 1878, the Senate voted 40–30 (HR 1093). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–6, Democrats 11–24, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 40
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 11
- Date
- Feb 15, 1878
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 6 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 24 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders 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
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
Other votes
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