Senate roll call 260 · 47th Congress · Feb 2, 1882
To agree to an amendment to S. 46 authorizing the secretary of the treasury to receive lawful money in the amount of $50 or multiples thereof or any united stat
On Feb 2, 1882, the Senate voted 43–10 (S 46). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–3, Democrats 17–9, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 12 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
- 43
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 2, 1882
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 9 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 3 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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