Senate roll call 429 · 46th Congress · Jan 10, 1881
To postpone indefinitely S. 1477, a bill providing for the punishment of tramps in the district of columbia. (p. 481-2)
On Jan 10, 1881, the Senate voted 15–36 (S 1477). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–21, Republicans 5–15. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 10, 1881
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 21 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 15 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James David Walker 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
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- 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
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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