Senate roll call 272 · 45th Congress · Jun 3, 1878
To consent to the nomination of william m. Jeffers, as chief of bureau of ordnance in the navy department from april 10, that being date of expiration of his fo
On Jun 3, 1878, the Senate voted 24–9. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–3, Republicans 10–6. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 9 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
- 24
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 49
- Date
- Jun 3, 1878
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 6 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 3 no · 21 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- 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
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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