Senate roll call 433 · 46th Congress · Jan 13, 1881
To amend H.R. 6719 (feb. 24, 1881, 21 stat 346), army appropriations for fiscal 1882, by authorizing payment of $125,000 to land-grant railroads transporting u.
On Jan 13, 1881, the Senate voted 23–18 (HR 6719). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 3–18, Republicans 20–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 23
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Jan 13, 1881
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 18 no · 24 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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