Senate roll call 293 · 46th Congress · Apr 21, 1880
To postpone indefinitely, S. 1194.
On Apr 21, 1880, the Senate voted 31–28. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 28–7, Republicans 5–25, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 31
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Apr 21, 1880
By party
- Democrats28 yes · 7 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 25 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- 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
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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