Senate roll call 104 · 46th Congress · Jun 12, 1879
To adjourn, made during debate on the nomination of r. Stockett matthews to be U.S. District judge for the district of maryland.
On Jun 12, 1879, the Senate voted 25–22. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–5, Republicans 4–17, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 members voted against their own party.
During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Jun 12, 1879
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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