Senate roll call 245 · 45th Congress · May 23, 1878
To amend H.R. 3259, by fixing rate of assessment at $1.500 per $100 on real estate.
On May 23, 1878, the Senate voted 29–21 (HR 3259). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–11, Democrats 12–9, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 29
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- May 23, 1878
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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