Senate roll call 431 · 46th Congress · Jan 11, 1881
To amend S. 1477 by providing that an insane person shall not be treated as a vagrant or beggar and therefor shall not be punished as such. (p. 506-1)
On Jan 11, 1881, the Senate voted 25–21 (S 1477). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–6, Republicans 7–14, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 25
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 11, 1881
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 6 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 14 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted no
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 1477 by providing that an insane…: Senate Vote, Jan 11…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-S-431/to-amend-s-1477-by-providing-that-an-insane (accessed 2026-10-17).