Senate roll call 166 · 45th Congress · Mar 22, 1878
To amend H.R. 3102 by appropriating $20,000 for services already provided by railway mail agents and postal clerks and for services which are constantly require
On Mar 22, 1878, the Senate voted 34–19 (HR 3102). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–17, Republicans 24–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 34
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Mar 22, 1878
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- 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
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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