Senate roll call 340 · 45th Congress · Jun 19, 1878
To consent to the nomination of reuben e. Fenton as United States commissioner to the international monetary conference as authorized by "an act to authorize TH
On Jun 19, 1878, the Senate voted 25–22. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 21–5, Democrats 4–16, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 22
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jun 19, 1878
By party
- Republicans21 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats4 yes · 16 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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