Senate roll call 523 · 45th Congress · Feb 27, 1879
To consent to the nomination alexander l. Russell as United States consul at montevideo.
On Feb 27, 1879, the Senate voted 37–13. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–12, Democrats 23–1, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 37
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 27, 1879
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 12 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats23 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- 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
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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