Senate roll call 224 · 46th Congress · Feb 18, 1880
To recommit the nomination of john b. Stickney as attorney of the U.S. For the northern district to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of his present ter
On Feb 18, 1880, the Senate voted 12–27. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–34, Republicans 17–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 12
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 18, 1880
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 34 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- 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
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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