Senate roll call 289 · 46th Congress · Apr 19, 1880
To postpone the calendar of general orders in order to proceed to consideration of S.J.RES. 97, a resolution providing for a commission to consider and report w
On Apr 19, 1880, the Senate voted 28–21. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–19, Republicans 18–2, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 28
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 19, 1880
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Luke Pryor D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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