Senate roll call 265 · 45th Congress · May 31, 1878
To bring up for consideration the resolution providing for the consideration of the report of fisheries commission regarding awards to fisheries of great britai
On May 31, 1878, the Senate voted 35–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–8, Democrats 13–12, 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
- 35
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- May 31, 1878
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 8 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO 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
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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