Senate roll call 280 · 47th Congress · Feb 23, 1882
To amend S. 59, a bill placing ulysses s. Grant, late general and former President of the United States, upon the army retired list, by eliminating all after TH
On Feb 23, 1882, the Senate voted 5–51 (S 59). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–31, Democrats 5–21, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 5 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
- 5
- No
- 51
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 23, 1882
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 21 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 31 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- 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
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- 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
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- 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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