Senate roll call 335 · 45th Congress · Jun 18, 1878
To amend H.R. 5130, by withdrawing an appropriation of $100,000 purposed for improvement of capital grounds, naval monument approaches, and Senate and house win
On Jun 18, 1878, the Senate voted 25–25 (HR 5130). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–22, Democrats 21–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 25
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jun 18, 1878
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 22 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats21 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-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
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- 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
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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