Senate roll call 438 · 45th Congress · Feb 17, 1879
To amend H.R. 4414, by providing that no savings bank, recognized as such by the laws of its state, having no capital stock, and having paid the lawful internal
On Feb 17, 1879, the Senate voted 30–17 (HR 4414). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–15, Republicans 16–2, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 17
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 17, 1879
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 2 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Democrats13 yes · 15 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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