Senate roll call 393 · 46th Congress · Jun 10, 1880
To amend H.R. 6266 by providing that the salary of the postmaster of the city of washington be fixed at $4,000 per annum, instead of basing his pay on commissio
On Jun 10, 1880, the Senate voted 21–28 (HR 6266). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–27, Republicans 18–0, Independents 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides. 3 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
- 21
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jun 10, 1880
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 27 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 0 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter 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
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown 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
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
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