Senate roll call 516 · 46th Congress · Feb 23, 1881
To pass S. 1988, a bill authorizing the construction of a congressional library building, east of the capitol between b street and first and second streets, s.
On Feb 23, 1881, the Senate voted 38–18 (S 198). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 22–10, Republicans 16–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 38
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 23, 1881
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 10 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 8 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-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
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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