Senate roll call 535 · 45th Congress · Feb 28, 1879
To decide a point of order that an amendment to H.R. 6471, providing for the refunding to the city of baltimore of the amount advanced to the United States for
On Feb 28, 1879, the Senate voted 37–15 (HR 6471). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–0, Republicans 9–15. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 37
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 28, 1879
By party
- Republicans9 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Democrats28 yes · 0 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John James Patterson R-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
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