Senate roll call 83 · 46th Congress · May 23, 1879
To amend S. 108 by providing that this bill shall be operative only four years after its passage. (p. 1540-1)
On May 23, 1879, the Senate voted 30–13 (S 108). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–11, Republicans 16–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 30
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 23, 1879
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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