Senate roll call 313 · 46th Congress · May 5, 1880
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 5896 (21 stat 155), a bill making appropriations for the expenses of the government of the district of columbia for the fiscal
On May 5, 1880, the Senate voted 17–32 (HR 5896). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–14, Republicans 5–19, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 17
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 5, 1880
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 14 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Luke Pryor D-AL voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony 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
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- 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
- James David Walker D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Sharon R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To agree to an amendment to H.R. 5896 (21…: Senate Vote, May 5, 1880,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-S-313/to-agree-to-an-amendment-to-h-r-5896 (accessed 2026-10-17).