Senate roll call 259 · 46th Congress · Mar 25, 1880
To advise and consent to the appointment of james e. Jonett as advanced seventeen numbers in rank from captain to the grade of commodore on the active list of t
On Mar 25, 1880, the Senate voted 18–26. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–15, Republicans 8–19, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 18
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Mar 25, 1880
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 19 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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