Senate roll call 498 · 46th Congress · Feb 17, 1881
To amend H.R. 4592 by proposing to make bonds redeemable at the pleasure of the U.S. After five years and payable after thirty years, instead of after twenty y
On Feb 17, 1881, the Senate voted 14–44 (HR 4592). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–24, Republicans 4–20, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 17, 1881
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 24 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 20 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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