Senate roll call 175 · 47th Congress · May 19, 1881
To go into executive session, made during debate on the resolution providing that the secretaries of state, treasury, interior, war, navy and the postmaster-gen
On May 19, 1881, the Senate voted 22–28. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–11, Democrats 8–16, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 22
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- May 19, 1881
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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