Senate roll call 79 · 46th Congress · May 22, 1879
To amend S. 108 (21 stat 5, june 2, 1879), preventing the introduction of contagious diseases into the U.S., by making it unlawful for ships to enter U.S. Por
On May 22, 1879, the Senate voted 20–30 (S 108). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–26, Republicans 18–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 20
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 22, 1879
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 26 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 108 (21 stat 5, june 2, 1879)…: Senate Vote, May 22, 1879,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-S-79/to-amend-s-108-21-stat-5-june-2 (accessed 2026-10-16).