Senate roll call 448 · 46th Congress · Jan 18, 1881
To amend S. 231 by paying him $200000 in full settlement of his claim for losses sustained while under government contract to deliver mails. (p. 722-1)
On Jan 18, 1881, the Senate voted 26–28 (S 231). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–23, Republicans 20–5, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 26
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jan 18, 1881
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 5 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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