Senate roll call 512 · 46th Congress · Feb 21, 1881
To amend S. 1988, a bill providing for a fireproof congressional library building on reservation #35 of the public grounds and appropriating $1,500,000 to comme
On Feb 21, 1881, the Senate voted 39–7 (S 1988). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–9, Republicans 22–1, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 39
- No
- 7
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Feb 21, 1881
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 9 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb 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
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- 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
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- 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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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