Senate roll call 191 · 46th Congress · Jul 1, 1879
To pass H.J.RES 199 (july 1, 1879, 21 stat l. 55), a resolution providing to pay one month's extra pay to house employees. (p. 2467-1)
On Jul 1, 1879, the Senate voted 30–13 (HJR 199). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–8, Republicans 13–5, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 30
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Jul 1, 1879
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Smith Houston D-AL voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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