Senate roll call 572 · 45th Congress · Mar 3, 1879
To consent to the nomination of porter warner as postmaster at deadwood, territory of dakota.
On Mar 3, 1879, the Senate voted 16–31. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–13, Democrats 3–18, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 16
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 3, 1879
By party
- Republicans12 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Democrats3 yes · 18 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH voted yes
- Stanley Matthews R-OH 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Thomas Clay Mccreery D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Augustus Summerfield Merrimon D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Bainbridge Wadleigh R-NH
- Stanley Matthews R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Eliphaz Spencer R-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Aaron Augustus Sargent R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Simon Barclay Conover R-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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Robertson Dennis D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- John Hipple Mitchell R-OR
- John James Patterson R-SC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- Stephen Wallace Dorsey R-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Jerome Bunty Chaffee R-CO
- William Henry Barnum D-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Richard James Oglesby R-IL
- Oliver Hazard Perry Throck Morton R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Biddle Eustis D-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Isaac Peckham Christiancy R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- 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
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Simon Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Timothy Otis Howe R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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