Senate roll call 28 · 45th Congress · Nov 26, 1877
To recess until twelve o' clock noon tomorrow instead of eight o' clock p.m. Today, made during consideration of the resolution directing the secretary of treas
On Nov 26, 1877, the Senate voted 26–28. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 26–2, Democrats 0–25, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 2 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
- 28
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Nov 26, 1877
By party
- Republicans26 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 25 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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