Senate roll call 179 · 46th Congress · Jun 30, 1879
To advise and consent to the appointment of norman buck as associate justice of the supreme court of idaho.
On Jun 30, 1879, the Senate voted 23–25. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–24, Republicans 20–1, Independents 1–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 23
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jun 30, 1879
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 24 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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