Senate roll call 504 · 45th Congress · Feb 24, 1879
To dispense with further proceedings under the call, requesting attendance of senators, motion made during discussion on S. 1784.
On Feb 24, 1879, the Senate voted 4–27. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–16, Republicans 4–10, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 4 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
- 4
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 51
- Date
- Feb 24, 1879
By party
- Republicans4 yes · 10 no · 29 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 16 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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