Senate roll call 312 · 46th Congress · May 4, 1880
To postpone present and prior orders and take up consideration of S. 231. (p. 2969-2)
On May 4, 1880, the Senate voted 29–27 (S 231). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 7–26, Republicans 22–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 29
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 4, 1880
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 26 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Brown Gordon D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland 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
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- 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
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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