Senate roll call 370 · 46th Congress · Jun 2, 1880
To advise and consent to the appointment of horace maynard as postmaster general of the U.S. As successor to david m. Key.
On Jun 2, 1880, the Senate voted 27–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–14, Republicans 16–0, Independents 1–0. 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
- 27
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jun 2, 1880
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 14 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- 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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