Senate roll call 21 · 46th Congress · Apr 11, 1879
That when the Senate adjourns today it do so until next monday.
On Apr 11, 1879, the Senate voted 29–23. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–15, Republicans 15–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 24 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
- 29
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Apr 11, 1879
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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