Senate roll call 320 · 46th Congress · May 11, 1880
To recommit the nomination of robert m. Wallace as marshal of the U.S. For the district of south carolina to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of his p
On May 11, 1880, the Senate voted 12–27. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–32, Republicans 18–0. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 27
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 11, 1880
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 32 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton 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
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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