Senate roll call 461 · 45th Congress · Feb 20, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143, by directing the postmaster general to contract for ocean mail steamship service between U.S. And brazil, one line to go from new york via n
On Feb 20, 1879, the Senate voted 35–15 (HR 6143). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–0, Republicans 9–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 35
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 20, 1879
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 17 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted yes
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- 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
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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