Senate roll call 86 · 46th Congress · May 27, 1879
To recommit to the committee on commerce S. 206, a bill relating to the transportation of animals. (p. 1633-2)
On May 27, 1879, the Senate voted 18–33 (S 206). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–18, Republicans 7–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 18
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 27, 1879
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 18 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 16 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- 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
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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