Senate roll call 503 · 46th Congress · Feb 17, 1881
To amend H.R. 4592 by proposing that before awarding any portion of a loan in U.S. Bonds, proposals for same must be issued in the U.S. Published for a month
On Feb 17, 1881, the Senate voted 14–28 (HR 4592). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–14, Republicans 0–14, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 28
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 17, 1881
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 14 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 14 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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