Senate roll call 394 · 45th Congress · Feb 3, 1879
To consent to the nomination of edwin a. Merritt as collector of customs for the district of new york.
On Feb 3, 1879, the Senate voted 33–24. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 13–18, Democrats 20–5, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 45th Congress (1877–1878), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 33
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 3, 1879
By party
- Republicans13 yes · 18 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Shields D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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