Senate roll call 474 · 45th Congress · Feb 22, 1879
To adjourn, made during the consideration of the nomination of sherman conant as United States marshal for the northern district of florida.
On Feb 22, 1879, the Senate voted 40–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 18–12, Democrats 22–5, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 40
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 22, 1879
By party
- Republicans18 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Democrats22 yes · 5 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- 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
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Other votes
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