To adjourn in order to defeat a resolution providing for the payment of gov't bonds in order to strengthen public credit.

On Dec 11, 1877, the Senate voted 30–28. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–13, Democrats 14–14, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 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: 30
No: 28
Did not vote: 24
Date: Dec 11, 1877

By party

Republicans16 yes · 13 no · 14 didn’t vote
Democrats14 yes · 14 no · 10 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
Richard Coke D-TX voted no
Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
Frank Hereford D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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