Senate roll call 98 · 46th Congress · Jun 6, 1879
To recommit S. 375 to the committee on the judiciary. (p. 1821-1)
On Jun 6, 1879, the Senate voted 15–27 (S 375). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 15–14, Republicans 1–14, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Jun 6, 1879
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 14 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 14 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV 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
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-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
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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