Senate roll call 9 · 45th Congress · Mar 10, 1877
To consent to the nomination of william m. Evarts of new york as secretary of state of the United States in place of hamilton fish who resigned, and whose resig
On Mar 10, 1877, the Senate voted 44–1. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–0, Democrats 15–1, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 1 member 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
- 44
- No
- 1
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Mar 10, 1877
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats15 yes · 1 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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