To table an amendment to H.R. 4549 appropriating $10,000 for expenditur at the discretion of the President under treaty stipulations.

On May 9, 1878, the Senate voted 31–16 (HR 4549). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–11, Democrats 18–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 31
No: 16
Did not vote: 35
Date: May 9, 1878

By party

Republicans13 yes · 11 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats18 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
Richard Coke D-TX voted no
Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
Timothy Otis Howe R-WI 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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Capitol Receipts, “To table an amendment to H.R. 4549…: Senate Vote, May 9, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-S-224/to-table-an-amendment-to-h-r-4549-appropriating (accessed 2026-10-15).