Senate roll call 496 · 46th Congress · Feb 17, 1881
To amend H.R. 4592, a bill facilitating the refunding of the national debt, by proposing to place the bonds on the same basis as the treasury votes and making t
On Feb 17, 1881, the Senate voted 12–46 (HR 4592). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–33, Republicans 10–14, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 12
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 17, 1881
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 33 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 14 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron 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
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Frank Hereford D-WV
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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