Senate roll call 163 · 46th Congress · Jun 24, 1879
To amend S.J.RES. 39 by providing one month's salary for officers and employees whose services have ceased since the beginning of this session. (p. 2298-2)
On Jun 24, 1879, the Senate voted 30–10 (SJR 39). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–10, Republicans 18–0, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 30
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jun 24, 1879
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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