Senate roll call 500 · 46th Congress · Feb 17, 1881
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 4592 adding 1/4 of 1% for expenses incurred in disposing of U.S. Bonds and treasury notes. (p. 1735-1)
On Feb 17, 1881, the Senate voted 30–20 (HR 4592). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–21, Republicans 19–2, Independents 1–0. 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
- 30
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 17, 1881
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 21 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 2 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Newton Booth R-CA voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call 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
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- 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
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- 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
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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