Senate roll call 517 · 46th Congress · Feb 23, 1881
To adjourn. (p. 1988-2)
On Feb 23, 1881, the Senate voted 31–27. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 16–16, Republicans 15–11. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 27 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
- 31
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 23, 1881
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 16 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 11 no · 9 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted no
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ voted no
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.