Senate roll call 207 · 45th Congress · Apr 30, 1878
To instruct the committee on judiciary to amend and perfect S. 35.
On Apr 30, 1878, the Senate voted 18–36 (S 35). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–16, Democrats 2–23, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 18
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 30, 1878
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To instruct the committee on judiciary to…: Senate Vote, Apr 30, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-S-207/to-instruct-the-committee-on-judiciary-to-amend-and (accessed 2026-10-17).