Senate roll call 557 · 45th Congress · Mar 1, 1879
To amend H.R. 6463, by eliminating the appropriation of $80,000, to improve red fish bar to morgan's point, texas.
On Mar 1, 1879, the Senate voted 12–37 (HR 6463). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–16, Democrats 2–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Mar 1, 1879
By party
- Republicans10 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats2 yes · 21 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- 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
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Simon Barclay Conover R-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- 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
- John James Patterson R-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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