Senate roll call 491 · 46th Congress · Feb 14, 1881
To proceed to the consideration of H.R. 6972. (p. 1544-1)
On Feb 14, 1881, the Senate voted 44–12 (HR 6972). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 31–3, Republicans 13–8, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 44
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 14, 1881
By party
- Democrats31 yes · 3 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb 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
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson 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
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To proceed to the consideration of H.R…: Senate Vote, Feb 14, 1881,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/46-S-491/to-proceed-to-the-consideration-of-h-r-6972 (accessed 2026-10-17).