Senate roll call 217 · 46th Congress · Feb 12, 1880
That when the Senate adjourns today it do so until next monday.
On Feb 12, 1880, the Senate voted 30–24. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–16, Republicans 15–8. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 24
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 12, 1880
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Luke Pryor D-AL voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton 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
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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