Senate roll call 304 · 46th Congress · Apr 28, 1880
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 4212 (21 stat 114, app may 11, 1880), a bill making appropriations for current and contingent expenses of the indian department
On Apr 28, 1880, the Senate voted 24–22 (HR 4212). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–15, Republicans 11–6, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 24
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Apr 28, 1880
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 6 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Other votes
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