Senate roll call 271 · 45th Congress · Jun 1, 1878
To amend the resolution paying the award made by fisheries commission at halifax, by terminating the treaty with great britain because it gives british subjects
On Jun 1, 1878, the Senate voted 26–14. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–6, Democrats 10–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 26
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jun 1, 1878
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 10 no · 18 didn’t vote
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
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted no
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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