Senate roll call 222 · 45th Congress · May 8, 1878
To amend H.R. 4549 (20-stat-63), a bill making appropriations for indians, by obtaining consent of indians before removing them to certain territories.
On May 8, 1878, the Senate voted 21–28 (HR 4549). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–18, Republicans 14–10. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 21
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- May 8, 1878
By party
- Republicans14 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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