Senate roll call 518 · 46th Congress · Feb 25, 1881
To adjourn.
On Feb 25, 1881, the Senate voted 30–31. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–22, Republicans 17–9, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 21 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
- 31
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Feb 25, 1881
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA voted no
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- 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
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH voted yes
- Frank Hereford D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Frank Hereford D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Smith Houston D-AL
- Luke Pryor D-AL
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- William Sharon R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.