Senate roll call 559 · 45th Congress · Mar 1, 1879
To amend H.R. 6463, by paying eads or his legal representative, certain amounts at specified times, for work done on rivers and harbors between south pass of TH
On Mar 1, 1879, the Senate voted 37–10 (HR 6463). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 19–7, Democrats 18–5, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 37
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Mar 1, 1879
By party
- Republicans19 yes · 7 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Democrats18 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted no
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted no
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- 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
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Shields D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- David Hartley Armstrong D-MO
- Lewis Vital Bogy D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Other votes
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