Senate roll call 457 · 46th Congress · Jan 21, 1881
To adopt an amendment to H.R. 6730 (21 stat 485) a bill making appropriations for the current and contingent expenses of the indian department and for fulfillin
On Jan 21, 1881, the Senate voted 27–24 (HR 6730). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 8–20, Republicans 18–4, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 27
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 21, 1881
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 20 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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