Senate roll call 212 · 45th Congress · May 1, 1878
To amend S. 35 by excluding from operation of repeal all activities, petitions and bankruptcies occurring before jan. 1, 1878.
On May 1, 1878, the Senate voted 25–22 (S 35). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–9, Democrats 9–17, 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
- 25
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 1, 1878
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 17 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- 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
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- 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
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Other votes
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