Senate roll call 324 · 45th Congress · Jun 17, 1878
To table an amendment to H.R. 5130 providing for the construction of a congressional library on or near judiciary square, because its construction upon the nort
On Jun 17, 1878, the Senate voted 35–13 (HR 5130). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–8, Democrats 18–5, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 35
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jun 17, 1878
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 8 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO voted no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- 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
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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