Senate roll call 507 · 45th Congress · Feb 24, 1879
To amend the motion calling for the senators, by instructing the sergeant-at-arms to use all necessary means to execute the order to bring in absent senators, m
On Feb 24, 1879, the Senate voted 32–10 (S 1784). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–9, Democrats 19–1, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 32
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 24, 1879
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 9 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- 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
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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