Senate roll call 567 · 46th Congress · Mar 3, 1881
To recess, made during debate on S. 404, a bill amending section 14, chapter 1 of title 2 of U.S. Revised statutes in regard to election of senators. (p. 2427
On Mar 3, 1881, the Senate voted 20–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–19, Republicans 9–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 20
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 3, 1881
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 19 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 7 no · 19 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Frank Hereford 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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-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
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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