Senate roll call 24 · 46th Congress · Apr 18, 1879
To adjourn and thereby put off any further consideration of the nominations before the Senate.
On Apr 18, 1879, the Senate voted 21–27. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–18, Republicans 9–9. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 21
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Apr 18, 1879
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 18 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 9 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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