To amend H.R. 1093 by paying in silver, all money payments on basis of value at time uncompleted contracts represented by U.S. Notes were made.

On Feb 15, 1878, the Senate voted 20–45 (HR 1093). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–21, Democrats 9–23, 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: 20
No: 45
Did not vote: 17
Date: Feb 15, 1878

By party

Republicans11 yes · 21 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats9 yes · 23 no · 6 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
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
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
Francis Kernan D-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

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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