Senate roll call 323 · 45th Congress · Jun 17, 1878
To pass a resolution accepting a donation of a large safe and book containing autographs of distinguished gentlemen in public service.
On Jun 17, 1878, the Senate voted 16–25. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–11, Democrats 5–13, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jun 17, 1878
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 11 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Democrats5 yes · 13 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- 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
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- 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
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- 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
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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