Senate roll call 110 · 46th Congress · Jun 17, 1879
To amend H.R. 2175 by striking the provision abolishing the office of professor of french and of spanish at the U.S. Military academy upon first vacancy in eit
On Jun 17, 1879, the Senate voted 19–30 (HR 2175). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–20, Republicans 10–11, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 members voted against their own party.
During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 17, 1879
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 20 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 11 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Black Groome D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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