Senate roll call 451 · 46th Congress · Jan 18, 1881
To pass S. 231.
On Jan 18, 1881, the Senate voted 33–19 (S 231). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–18, Republicans 21–4, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 33
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jan 18, 1881
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 18 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 4 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins 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
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- 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.