Senate roll call 419 · 46th Congress · Dec 20, 1880
To reconsider the house resolution providing that when the two houses of Congress adjourn on wednesday, dec. 22nd, it be to meet again on next wed. Jan. 5th. (
On Dec 20, 1880, the Senate voted 31–29. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 6–27, Republicans 24–3, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 31
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Dec 20, 1880
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 27 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 3 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- 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
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell 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
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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