Senate roll call 278 · 46th Congress · Apr 8, 1880
To order the engrossment and third reading of H.J.RES. 168 (app apr. 16, 1880, 21 stat l. 593), a resolution authorizing the secretary of war to loan certain te
On Apr 8, 1880, the Senate voted 37–20 (HJR 168). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–8, Republicans 14–12. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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
- 37
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Apr 8, 1880
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 12 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Newton Booth R-CA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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