Senate roll call 279 · 47th Congress · Feb 21, 1882
To table a resolution. (p. 1340-2)
On Feb 21, 1882, the Senate voted 26–23. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–11, Republicans 12–11, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 22 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
- 26
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 21, 1882
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 11 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 11 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James David Walker D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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