Senate roll call 430 · 46th Congress · Jan 11, 1881
To amend S. 1477 by eliminating the a characterizing clause setting forth that those habitually go from door to door and place to place, or occupy public places
On Jan 11, 1881, the Senate voted 22–29 (S 1477). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–11, Republicans 4–18, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 22
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 11, 1881
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 11 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees 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
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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