Senate roll call 316 · 46th Congress · May 6, 1880
To amend H.R. 5896 by providing that no money appropriated for the purchase of the police court building shall be paid until a satisfactory deed is tendered by
On May 6, 1880, the Senate voted 19–29 (HR 5896). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 16–13, Republicans 4–18, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 19
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 6, 1880
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 13 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Luke Pryor D-AL voted no
- 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
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Theodore Fitz Randolph 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
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan 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
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- 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
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
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
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-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
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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