Senate roll call 314 · 45th Congress · Jun 14, 1878
To recede from the amendment to H.R. 4236, decreasing a saving on some unimportant improvements, thereby effecting a saving of $1,000, but providing great natio
On Jun 14, 1878, the Senate voted 24–35 (HR 4236). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–18, Republicans 9–17, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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
- 24
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jun 14, 1878
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 17 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 18 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- 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
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald 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
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-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
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald 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
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- 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
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- 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
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- 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
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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