To table an amendment to H.R. 5130 (20-stat-216), a bill making sundry civil appropriations for fiscal 1879. The amendment appropriates $6,000 for expenses and

On Jun 17, 1878, the Senate voted 32–22 (HR 5130). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–15, Republicans 18–8, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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: 32
No: 22
Did not vote: 26
Date: Jun 17, 1878

By party

Republicans18 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
Democrats14 yes · 15 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted yes
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted no
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To table an amendment to H.R. 5130…: Senate Vote, Jun 17, 1878,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-S-322/to-table-an-amendment-to-h-r-5130-20 (accessed 2026-10-16).