To adjourn in order to terminate debate on H.R. 4236.

On Jun 10, 1878, the Senate voted 33–25. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–15, Democrats 16–10, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 25 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: 33
No: 25
Did not vote: 24
Date: Jun 10, 1878

By party

Republicans16 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
Democrats16 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
Newton Booth R-CA voted no
Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
David Hartley Armstrong D-MO voted no
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
Frank Hereford D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “To adjourn in order to terminate debate on…: Senate Vote, Jun 10, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-S-298/to-adjourn-in-order-to-terminate-debate-on-h (accessed 2026-10-17).