Senate roll call 414 · 46th Congress · Dec 17, 1880
To concur in a house resolution proposing that when Congress adjourns on wednesday, dec. 22nd, it shall be to meet again on next wednesday, jan. 5th. (p. 206-2
On Dec 17, 1880, the Senate voted 27–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–28, Republicans 21–4, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 31
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Dec 17, 1880
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 28 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA 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
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock 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
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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