Senate roll call 304 · 45th Congress · Jun 11, 1878
To amend H.R. 4236, by providing the expending of not more than 75% of appropriations for this year.
On Jun 11, 1878, the Senate voted 20–37 (HR 4236). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–22, Democrats 12–16, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jun 11, 1878
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 22 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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