Senate roll call 169 · 47th Congress · May 12, 1881
To adopt a resolution confirming the nomination of stanley mathews of ohio as associate justice of the supreme court, replacing noah h. Swayer, who resigned.
On May 12, 1881, the Senate voted 24–23. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–16, Republicans 16–18, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 32 members voted against their own party.
During the 47th Congress (1881–1882), James A. Garfield was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 24
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 12
- Date
- May 12, 1881
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 16 no · 2 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 18 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted no
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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