Senate roll call 349 · 45th Congress · Jun 19, 1878
To postpone until december consideration of S. 501, a bill providing for the relief of john c. Birdsell, in order to allow for its consideration and for return
On Jun 19, 1878, the Senate voted 25–14. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 11–8, Democrats 13–6, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 14
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Jun 19, 1878
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 8 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO voted no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- 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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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