Senate roll call 459 · 45th Congress · Feb 20, 1879
To amend H.R. 6143, by directing the post master general to contract for ocean mail steamship service between U.S. And brazil, commencing not later than july 18
On Feb 20, 1879, the Senate voted 25–31 (HR 6143). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–26, Democrats 20–10, Independents 1–0. 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
- 25
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Feb 20, 1879
By party
- Republicans8 yes · 26 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Democrats20 yes · 10 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- William Henry Barnum D-CT voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted no
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- James Shields D-MO voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe 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
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Shields D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Did not vote
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend H.R. 6143, by directing the post…: Senate Vote, Feb 20, 1879,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/45-S-459/to-amend-h-r-6143-by-directing-the-post (accessed 2026-10-17).