To adjourn so as to delay action on S. 35.

On Apr 30, 1878, the Senate voted 37–18 (S 35). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–5, Democrats 10–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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: 37
No: 18
Did not vote: 27
Date: Apr 30, 1878

By party

Republicans27 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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