Senate roll call 462 · 45th Congress · Feb 20, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143, by directing the postmaster general to contract for ocean mail steamship service between the U.S. And brazil, and to pay $30 per mile of act
On Feb 20, 1879, the Senate voted 22–30 (HR 6143). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–22, Democrats 16–11, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 22
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 20, 1879
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 22 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- James Shields D-MO voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Shields D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Did not vote
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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