Senate roll call 493 · 46th Congress · Feb 14, 1881
To decide a point of order raised during debate on H.R. 6972. The point of order was that an amendment inserting "officered" or "owned", thereby altering the a
On Feb 14, 1881, the Senate voted 14–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–16, Republicans 3–14, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 14
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 14, 1881
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 16 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 14 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Newton Booth R-CA voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-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
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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