To amend H.R. 6471, by providing an appropriation of $64,000 to pay to the completion of the foundation of the washington monument.

On Feb 28, 1879, the Senate voted 23–22 (HR 6471). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–11, Democrats 10–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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: 22
Did not vote: 37
Date: Feb 28, 1879

By party

Republicans13 yes · 11 no · 19 didn’t vote
Democrats10 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
William Henry Barnum D-CT voted yes
Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
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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