Senate roll call 251 · 46th Congress · Mar 19, 1880
To advise and consent to the appointment of thomas j. Simmons as supervisor of census for the first census district of georgia.
On Mar 19, 1880, the Senate voted 12–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–28, Republicans 12–2, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 2 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
- 31
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Mar 19, 1880
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 28 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 2 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- 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
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- 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
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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