Senate roll call 179 · 45th Congress · Apr 9, 1878
To pass S. 15.
On Apr 9, 1878, the Senate voted 40–20 (S 15). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 29–6, Republicans 13–18, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 40
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Apr 9, 1878
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 18 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats29 yes · 6 no · 3 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.