Senate roll call 546 · 46th Congress · Mar 2, 1881
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 7203, a bill making sundry and civil appropriations for fiscal year ending june 30, 1882. The amendment eliminates a clause e
On Mar 2, 1881, the Senate voted 26–21 (HR 7203). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 15–17, Republicans 11–4. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 26
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Mar 2, 1881
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 17 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 4 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Francis Kernan D-NY voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Wallace Eaton D-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Joseph Ewing Mcdonald D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Algernon Sidney Paddock R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Francis Kernan D-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- William Andrew Wallace D-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Robert Enoch Withers D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Blanche Kelso Bruce R-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- 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
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Newton Booth R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Brown Gordon D-GA
- Samuel Jordan Kirkwood R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pinkney Whyte D-MD
- Hannibal Hamlin R-ME
- James Gillespie Blaine R-ME
- Henry Porter Baldwin R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Zachariah Chandler R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Bell R-NH
- Theodore Fitz Randolph D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- William Sharon R-NV
- Allen Granberry Thurman D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- James Edmund Bailey D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Matthew Hale Carpenter R-WI
Other votes
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