To recommit to the committee on post offices and post roads, a resolution in order that the charges against john e. Wilson, the present incumbent, may be invest

On Oct 27, 1881, the Senate voted 21–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–12, Republicans 12–21, Independents 0–1, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 members voted against their own party.

During the 47th Congress (1881–1882), Chester A. Arthur was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.

Yes: 21
No: 23
Did not vote: 15
Date: Oct 27, 1881

By party

Democrats21 yes · 12 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans12 yes · 21 no · 10 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no
Others0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

James David Walker D-AR voted no
Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
James Graham Fair D-NV voted no
Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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