To amend S. 35, by having repeal effective from and after its passage.

On May 10, 1878, the Senate voted 22–24 (S 35). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–13, Republicans 11–17, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 22
No: 24
Did not vote: 21
Date: May 10, 1878

By party

Republicans11 yes · 17 no · 15 didn’t vote
Democrats19 yes · 13 no · 6 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
La Fayette Grover D-OR voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV 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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