Senate roll call 480 · 45th Congress · Feb 24, 1879
To amend H.R. 6145, by adding the provision that all railroad companies having telegraph lines and operating same for the government shall first file their writ
On Feb 24, 1879, the Senate voted 39–23 (HR 6145). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–3, Democrats 11–20, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 39
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 24, 1879
By party
- Republicans28 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats11 yes · 20 no · 7 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
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- John James Patterson R-SC voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte 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
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
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