Senate roll call 193 · 45th Congress · Apr 17, 1878
To amend S. 26, a bill donating the military reservation at fort hooker to the state of kansas for the establishment of an educational institution and for settl
On Apr 17, 1878, the Senate voted 19–24 (S 26). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–8, Democrats 2–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 19
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Apr 17, 1878
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 16 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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