Senate roll call 440 · 45th Congress · Feb 18, 1879
To order the engrossment and third reading of a resolution authorizing the payment of $5,000 to joseph segar for expenses incurred by him in his claim to seat i
On Feb 18, 1879, the Senate voted 34–24. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–7, Democrats 12–16, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 34
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 18, 1879
By party
- Republicans22 yes · 7 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT 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
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- 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
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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