Senate roll call 373 · 46th Congress · Jun 2, 1880
To amend H.R. 6237 by increasing the entire sum available for year ending june 30, 1881 from $5,015,000, as provided in the original amendment, to $6,500,000.
On Jun 2, 1880, the Senate voted 17–34 (HR 6237). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–23, Republicans 4–12, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 34
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 2, 1880
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 23 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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