Senate roll call 134 · 45th Congress · Feb 15, 1878
To amend H.R. 1093 by providing that the silver dollar in amounts of $10.00 may be exchanged for treasury notes of same denomination repayable in coin on demand
On Feb 15, 1878, the Senate voted 49–14 (HR 1093). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–6, Democrats 20–8, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 49
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 15, 1878
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 6 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-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 Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis 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
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- 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
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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