Senate roll call 421 · 45th Congress · Feb 15, 1879
To amend H.R. 2423, by requesting the President to notify the emperor of china that the treaty permitting chinese immigration into this country should be modifi
On Feb 15, 1879, the Senate voted 31–34 (HR 2423). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–16, Democrats 12–18, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 28 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
- 31
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 15, 1879
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 18 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- William Sharon R-NV voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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