Senate roll call 337 · 45th Congress · Jun 18, 1878
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 5130, paying arrears due mail contractors for 1859, 1860, and 1861, under surety bond and guaranteeing refund of money paid fo
On Jun 18, 1878, the Senate voted 28–24 (HR 5130). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 4–24, Democrats 25–0, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 28
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 18, 1878
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 24 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats25 yes · 0 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- 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
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- 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
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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