To concur in an amendment to H.R. 6145, providing that the state claim examiner in the office of the SEC'y of war, while on duty, receive salary of mounted offi

On Feb 24, 1879, the Senate voted 23–40 (HR 6145). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–16, Democrats 4–24. 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: 23
No: 40
Did not vote: 19
Date: Feb 24, 1879

By party

Republicans19 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats4 yes · 24 no · 10 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
John James Patterson R-SC voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To concur in an amendment to H.R. 6145…: Senate Vote, Feb 24, 1879,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-S-488/to-concur-in-an-amendment-to-h-r-6145 (accessed 2026-10-17).