Senate roll call 437 · 45th Congress · Feb 17, 1879
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 4414, revoking tax on matches as of jan. 1, 1879.
On Feb 17, 1879, the Senate voted 20–19 (HR 4414). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–12, Republicans 6–7. 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
- 20
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Feb 17, 1879
By party
- Republicans6 yes · 7 no · 30 didn’t vote
- Democrats14 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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