Senate roll call 84 · 46th Congress · May 23, 1879
To pass S. 108.
On May 23, 1879, the Senate voted 34–12 (S 108). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–4, Republicans 12–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 34
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 23, 1879
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 4 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 10 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- 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
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- 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
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.