Senate roll call 367 · 45th Congress · Jan 16, 1879
To amend H.R. 4234 (20-stat-265), a bill providing death and disability pensions to civil war soldiers, by restricting the disability pensions to the actual sta
On Jan 16, 1879, the Senate voted 20–28 (HR 4234). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–16, Democrats 9–11, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jan 16, 1879
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 16 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats9 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Sharon R-NV voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- 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
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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