Senate roll call 477 · 45th Congress · Feb 22, 1879
To amend H.R. 6145, by eliminating sections 3 to 47 therefrom, and thereby reducing the staff and enlisted forces of the army, as there is no need for a large o
On Feb 22, 1879, the Senate voted 44–18 (HR 6145). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–5, Democrats 16–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 44
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 22, 1879
By party
- Republicans29 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 15 no · 7 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- 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 Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- 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
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Did not vote
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- David Davis I-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
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