To amend H.R. 2423, by requesting the President of the U.S. To notify the chinese emperor that the treaty permitting chinese subjects to immigrate into the U.S.

On Feb 15, 1879, the Senate voted 31–33 (HR 2423). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–15, Democrats 11–18, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 26 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: 33
Did not vote: 17
Date: Feb 15, 1879

By party

Republicans20 yes · 15 no · 8 didn’t vote
Democrats11 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted no
Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted no
Newton Booth R-CA voted no
Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted no
William Windom R-MN voted no
Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
William Sharon R-NV voted no
Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted no
James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
John James Patterson R-SC voted no
Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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