Senate roll call 425 · 45th Congress · Feb 15, 1879
To pass H.R. 2423.
On Feb 15, 1879, the Senate voted 39–27 (HR 2423). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–19, Democrats 22–9, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 39
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Feb 15, 1879
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 19 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 9 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- William Sharon R-NV voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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
- 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
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- 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
- James Shields D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- 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
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- 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
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- 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
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.