Senate roll call 513 · 45th Congress · Feb 25, 1879
To amend H.R. 6436 by binding the treasury to existing decisions of the courts instead of "decision now or hereafter made."
On Feb 25, 1879, the Senate voted 17–25 (HR 6436). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–11, Republicans 6–14, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 17
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Feb 25, 1879
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 14 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Democrats10 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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