Senate roll call 65 · 46th Congress · May 13, 1879
To amend H.R. 2 by striking the clause authorizing payment of $10,000,000 in pension averages in legal tender currency from a special U.S. Treasury fund for TH
On May 13, 1879, the Senate voted 25–37 (HR 2). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–29, Republicans 20–8, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 25
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- May 13, 1879
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 29 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 8 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis 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
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams 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
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- 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
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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