To amend H.R. 4663, by making U.S. Notes when reissued receivable for all dues to U.S. Except duties on imports, any reprints to bear this superscription.

On May 28, 1878, the Senate voted 18–42 (HR 4663). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–22, Republicans 9–21, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 19 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: 18
No: 42
Did not vote: 19
Date: May 28, 1878

By party

Republicans9 yes · 21 no · 13 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 22 no · 6 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT 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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