Senate roll call 258 · 47th Congress · Feb 2, 1882
To amend S. 46 by directing the secretary of the treasury to redeem United States bonds in standard coin value of gold and silver. (p. 825-1)
On Feb 2, 1882, the Senate voted 37–14 (S 46). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–17, Republicans 25–0, Independents 1–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 37
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 2, 1882
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 0 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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