Senate roll call 148 · 45th Congress · Feb 25, 1878
To decide a point of order made during debate on S. 725, a bill amending the one hundred and fourth article of war. The rule provides that an objection interpos
On Feb 25, 1878, the Senate voted 27–26 (S 725). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–8, Democrats 7–18, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 27
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 25, 1878
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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