Senate roll call 539 · 46th Congress · Feb 28, 1881
To postpone pending and prior orders in order to continue consideration of S. 3983, a bill providing a construction funds for the navy. (p. 2198-1)
On Feb 28, 1881, the Senate voted 29–23. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–14, Republicans 15–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 29
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 28, 1881
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 9 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine 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
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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