Senate roll call 197 · 46th Congress · Jan 7, 1880
To go into executive session. (p. 217-2)
On Jan 7, 1880, the Senate voted 38–13. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–10, Republicans 18–3, 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
- 38
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 7, 1880
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 10 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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