Senate roll call 315 · 46th Congress · May 6, 1880
To amend H.R. 5896 by striking the appropriation of $20,000 for purchase of police court building. (p. 3058-2) g 28
On May 6, 1880, the Senate voted 22–33 (HR 5896). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–14, Republicans 5–20, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 22
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- May 6, 1880
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 20 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
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
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- 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
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- 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
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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