Senate roll call 216 · 45th Congress · May 6, 1878
To adjourn, and thereby terminating the executive session for the day.
On May 6, 1878, the Senate voted 35–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–5, Democrats 11–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 35
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 6, 1878
By party
- Republicans24 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 14 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Other votes
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