Senate roll call 244 · 47th Congress · Dec 20, 1881
To adopt the house concurrent resolution providing that when the two houses adjourn on wednesday, dec. 21, 1881, they stand adjourned until noon on thursday, ja
On Dec 20, 1881, the Senate voted 47–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–9, Democrats 23–7, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 47
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Dec 20, 1881
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 7 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 9 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
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