Senate roll call 355 · 45th Congress · Dec 16, 1878
To amend a motion to postpone consideration of S. 300 and to resume consideration of a resolution instructing the committee on judiciary in inquire and report o
On Dec 16, 1878, the Senate voted 26–32. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–24, Democrats 21–7, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 26
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Dec 16, 1878
By party
- Republicans5 yes · 24 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats21 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-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
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- 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
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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