To consent to the nomination of robert w. Reynolds as first auditor of the United States treasury.

On Mar 28, 1878, the Senate voted 22–26. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–15, Democrats 10–11, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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: 22
No: 26
Did not vote: 34
Date: Mar 28, 1878

By party

Republicans11 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
Stanley Matthews R-OH voted yes
John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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