Senate roll call 44 · 46th Congress · Apr 25, 1879
That when the Senate adjourns today it shall be to reconvene on next monday.
On Apr 25, 1879, the Senate voted 41–26. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–19, Republicans 22–7, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 25 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
- 41
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Apr 25, 1879
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 7 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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