Senate roll call 130 · 45th Congress · Feb 15, 1878
To amend H.R. 1093, by changing 420 to 440 grains as the weight of the standard silver dollar.
On Feb 15, 1878, the Senate voted 18–49 (HR 1093). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–24, Democrats 7–24, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 18
- No
- 49
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Feb 15, 1878
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 24 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 24 no · 7 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
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson 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
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson 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
- 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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- 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
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- 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
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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