Senate roll call 33 · 46th Congress · Apr 25, 1879
To amend the resolution by providing that no Senate employee who served in the union forces during the civil war may be removed except for cause stated in writi
On Apr 25, 1879, the Senate voted 25–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–32, Republicans 27–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 25
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Apr 25, 1879
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 32 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 0 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter 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
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Wade Hampton D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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