Senate roll call 285 · 46th Congress · Apr 12, 1880
To order the engrossment and third reading of S. 1509. (p. 2319-2)
On Apr 12, 1880, the Senate voted 38–16 (S 1509). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–9, Republicans 15–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 17 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
- 38
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Apr 12, 1880
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 9 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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