Senate roll call 308 · 46th Congress · Apr 29, 1880
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 4212 authorizing a payment of $744.38 in claims of four persons, provided that the money be taken from the fund held in trust
On Apr 29, 1880, the Senate voted 21–28 (HR 4212). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–22, Republicans 15–5, Independents 0–1. 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
- 21
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 29, 1880
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 22 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- 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
- William Windom R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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