Senate roll call 301 · 45th Congress · Jun 11, 1878
To amend H.R. 4236, by providing up to $5,000 for expenses of a committee to be appointed to examine reports on improvements to mississippi river.
On Jun 11, 1878, the Senate voted 33–19 (HR 4236). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–10, Democrats 16–8, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 19
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 11, 1878
By party
- Republicans17 yes · 10 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS 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
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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