Senate roll call 412 · 45th Congress · Feb 7, 1879
To postpone consideration of H.J. RES. 201, a resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution prohibiting payment of claims of disloyal persons for proper
On Feb 7, 1879, the Senate voted 31–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–9, Democrats 12–11, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 31
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 7, 1879
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 9 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Democrats12 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
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