Senate roll call 552 · 45th Congress · Mar 1, 1879
To amend H.R. 6240, by eliminating from the bill the clause relating to the payment of jurors.
On Mar 1, 1879, the Senate voted 30–27 (HR 6240). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–0, Democrats 0–32. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 45th Congress (1877–1878), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 30
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Mar 1, 1879
By party
- Republicans35 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Democrats0 yes · 32 no · 6 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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