Senate roll call 170 · 47th Congress · May 16, 1881
To adopt a resolution nominating michael piggatt for postmaster at quincy illinois.
On May 16, 1881, the Senate voted 32–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 8–17, Democrats 23–0, Independents 1–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 32
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- May 16, 1881
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 17 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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