Senate roll call 377 · 46th Congress · Jun 3, 1880
To amend S. 900 by striking all of section 1 and section 2 up to and including word "commission" and in lieu thereof making a provision for a commission of 5 se
On Jun 3, 1880, the Senate voted 21–25 (S 900). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–12, Republicans 1–14. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 21
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jun 3, 1880
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 12 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 14 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- 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
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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