Senate roll call 188 · 45th Congress · Apr 16, 1878
To go into an executive session.
On Apr 16, 1878, the Senate voted 26–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–10, Democrats 13–8, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 26
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Apr 16, 1878
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 10 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin 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
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- 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
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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