To amend S. 35, by keeping in force all penalties, forfeitures, etc., which were previously in effect.

On May 10, 1878, the Senate voted 26–21 (S 35). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–17, Republicans 16–9, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 26
No: 21
Did not vote: 27
Date: May 10, 1878

By party

Republicans16 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
Democrats12 yes · 17 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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