Senate roll call 522 · 45th Congress · Feb 27, 1879
To consent to the nomination of samuel hays as postmaster at ST. Louis, mo.
On Feb 27, 1879, the Senate voted 38–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 27–3, Republicans 11–16. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 38
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 27, 1879
By party
- Republicans11 yes · 16 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Democrats27 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO voted no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Stanley Matthews R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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