Senate roll call 167 · 45th Congress · Mar 22, 1878
To table an amendment to H.R. 3102, which amendment is to strike out section 2 of the bill.
On Mar 22, 1878, the Senate voted 27–17 (HR 3102). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–13, Republicans 17–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 27
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 22, 1878
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 4 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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