Senate roll call 231 · 46th Congress · Feb 25, 1880
To adjourn, made during debate on S. 79, in order to terminate debate on a motion to reconsider vote whereby the Senate postponed said bill indefinitely. (p. 1
On Feb 25, 1880, the Senate voted 19–21. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–14, Republicans 10–8, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 19
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 25, 1880
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 14 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 8 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James David Walker D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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