Senate roll call 425 · 46th Congress · Jan 5, 1881
To proceed to the consideration of S. 257, a bill amending an act incorporating the capitol, north o street and south washington railway company. (p. 343-1)
On Jan 5, 1881, the Senate voted 17–35. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–15, Republicans 2–20, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 17
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 5, 1881
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 20 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- David Davis I-IL
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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