Senate roll call 208 · 46th Congress · Feb 4, 1880
To amend S. 56 (21 stat 543, june 1, 1880), a bill providing for the relief of edward braden and j. W. Angus, partners under the firm name of edward braden & co
On Feb 4, 1880, the Senate voted 31–22 (S 56). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–20, Republicans 22–3. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 31
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 4, 1880
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 20 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 3 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 56 (21 stat 543, june 1, 1880)…: Senate Vote, Feb 4, 1880,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-S-208/to-amend-s-56-21-stat-543-june-1 (accessed 2026-10-17).