Senate roll call 259 · 45th Congress · May 28, 1878
To pass H.R. 4663.
On May 28, 1878, the Senate voted 41–18 (HR 4663). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 25–9, Republicans 19–13, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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
- 41
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- May 28, 1878
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 9 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- 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
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- 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
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- 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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.