Senate roll call 162 · 45th Congress · Mar 13, 1878
To amend H.R. 2507, by providing that the appointments of cadets at large from this time on should not exceed ten.
On Mar 13, 1878, the Senate voted 42–11 (HR 2507). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–5, Democrats 18–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 42
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 13, 1878
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 6 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- 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
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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