Senate roll call 209 · 45th Congress · Apr 30, 1878
To defeat S. 35.
On Apr 30, 1878, the Senate voted 23–28 (S 35). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–9, Democrats 5–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 23
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Apr 30, 1878
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 9 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 19 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Hipple Mitchell R-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
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- 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.