Senate roll call 527 · 45th Congress · Feb 28, 1879
To amend H.R. 6462 by providing that the SEC'y of the treasury be authorized to reissue U.S. Legal tender notes now held for the redemption of fractional curren
On Feb 28, 1879, the Senate voted 22–35 (HR 6462). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–27, Democrats 19–8, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 22
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 28, 1879
By party
- Republicans2 yes · 27 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Democrats19 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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