Senate roll call 347 · 46th Congress · May 24, 1880
To amend the Senate resolution providing for the appointment of a select committee of three to examine into the condition, management and discipline of the sold
On May 24, 1880, the Senate voted 29–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–6, Republicans 9–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 14
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 24, 1880
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Luke Pryor D-AL voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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