Senate roll call 519 · 46th Congress · Feb 25, 1881
To recess until 8 p.m.
On Feb 25, 1881, the Senate voted 24–32. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–15, Republicans 8–16, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 24
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 25, 1881
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.