To decide a point of order raised during debate on H.R. 7203 (21 stat 435), a bill making sundry and civil appropriations for fiscal year ending june 30, 1882.

On Mar 2, 1881, the Senate voted 22–14. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–9, Republicans 6–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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: 22
No: 14
Did not vote: 45
Date: Mar 2, 1881

By party

Democrats16 yes · 9 no · 20 didn’t vote
Republicans6 yes · 5 no · 24 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
James Thompson Farley D-CA voted no
Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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