Senate roll call 22 · 46th Congress · Apr 13, 1879
To go into executive session and thereby stop action on H.R. 1.
On Apr 13, 1879, the Senate voted 36–18 (HR 1). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 12–18, Republicans 24–1, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 36
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Apr 13, 1879
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 18 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 1 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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