Senate roll call 347 · 45th Congress · Jun 19, 1878
To amend H.R. 1496, by reinstating case of claimant on docket of court of claims.
On Jun 19, 1878, the Senate voted 16–24 (HR 1496). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–13, Democrats 9–10, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 17 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
- 24
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jun 19, 1878
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 13 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- 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
- William Windom R-MN
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- 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
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers 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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