Senate roll call 543 · 46th Congress · Mar 1, 1881
To postpone present and prior orders and proceed to the consideration of H.R. 2058, (21 stat 510), a bill providing for the relief of redmond tully, late first
On Mar 1, 1881, the Senate voted 30–16. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–5, Republicans 6–10, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 30
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 1, 1881
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 5 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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