Senate roll call 204 · 46th Congress · Jan 26, 1880
To refuse to confirm nomination of philip s. Wales as chief of bureau of medicine and surgery and surgeon general in the navy, because he does not have a previo
On Jan 26, 1880, the Senate voted 10–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–15, Republicans 2–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 10
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jan 26, 1880
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 15 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 16 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Luke Pryor D-AL voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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