Senate roll call 240 · 45th Congress · May 21, 1878
To amend H.R. 4245, by placing james shields on the pension rolls at $100 per month, in lieu of the salary which he now receives.
On May 21, 1878, the Senate voted 31–33 (HR 4245). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–26, Democrats 23–7, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 33
- Did not vote
- 18
- Date
- May 21, 1878
By party
- Republicans7 yes · 26 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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