Senate roll call 559 · 46th Congress · Mar 3, 1881
To table H.R. 6061, a bill incorporating the cherokee and arkansas river railroad company.
On Mar 3, 1881, the Senate voted 18–32 (HR 6061). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–27, Republicans 12–5, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 18
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 3, 1881
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 27 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 5 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- David Davis I-IL
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- 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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