Senate roll call 236 · 46th Congress · Feb 27, 1880
To table a motion to reconsider the vote whereby the Senate indefinitely postponed S. 19.
On Feb 27, 1880, the Senate voted 19–33. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–22, Republicans 11–16, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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
- 19
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Feb 27, 1880
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 16 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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 David Walker D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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