Senate roll call 185 · 45th Congress · Apr 15, 1878
To engross for a third reading S. 655, a bill incorporating the national pacific railroad and telegraph co.
On Apr 15, 1878, the Senate voted 18–19 (S 655). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–13, Republicans 12–6. 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
- 18
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 45
- Date
- Apr 15, 1878
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 6 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats6 yes · 13 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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