Senate roll call 245 · 46th Congress · Mar 10, 1880
To advise and consent to the appointment of william r. Brown as supervisor of census for the eighth census district of illinois.
On Mar 10, 1880, the Senate voted 20–29. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–32, Republicans 24–0, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Mar 10, 1880
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 32 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 0 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter 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
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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