Senate roll call 274 · 45th Congress · Jun 3, 1878
To amend H.R. 4286, a bill establishing post routes, by extending franking privileges.
On Jun 3, 1878, the Senate voted 29–29 (HR 4286). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–8, Democrats 7–21. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 29
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jun 3, 1878
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 8 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats7 yes · 21 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- David Davis I-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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