Senate roll call 239 · 47th Congress · Oct 29, 1881
To recommit to the committee on post offices and post roads, a resolution confirming the nomonation of samuel carothers as postmaster at MC keesport, pennsylvan
On Oct 29, 1881, the Senate voted 18–25. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–9, Democrats 4–16, Others 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 47th Congress (1881–1882), Chester A. Arthur was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 18
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 40
- Date
- Oct 29, 1881
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 16 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 9 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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