Senate roll call 450 · 46th Congress · Jan 18, 1881
To amend S. 231 by striking all after the enacting clause authorizing ben holladay to sue the U.S. For a just amount due him for losses sustained by him. (p.
On Jan 18, 1881, the Senate voted 18–32 (S 231). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–15, Republicans 6–18, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 18
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jan 18, 1881
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 18 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke 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
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- 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
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