Senate roll call 563 · 45th Congress · Mar 1, 1879
To pass H.R. 6463.
On Mar 1, 1879, the Senate voted 29–18 (HR 6463). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–12, Democrats 16–7, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 29
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 1, 1879
By party
- Republicans16 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats16 yes · 7 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- 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
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.