Senate roll call 343 · 46th Congress · May 21, 1880
To amend S. 1726 by making appointments dependent solely on fitness, regardless of candidates' political opinions. (p. 3601-2)
On May 21, 1880, the Senate voted 14–28 (S 1726). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–28, Republicans 16–0, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 46th Congress (1879–1880), Rutherford B. Hayes was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 14
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- May 21, 1880
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 28 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 0 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Donald Cameron R-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
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 1726 by making appointments…: Senate Vote, May 21, 1880,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-S-343/to-amend-s-1726-by-making-appointments-dependent-solely (accessed 2026-10-17).