Senate roll call 17 · 46th Congress · Apr 10, 1879
To pass a resolution as amended providing that charles h. Bell is entitled to a Senate seat by virtue of appointment by the executive of new hampshire.
On Apr 10, 1879, the Senate voted 35–28. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–27, Republicans 28–2, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 35
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 13
- Date
- Apr 10, 1879
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 27 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 2 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James David Walker D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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