Senate roll call 282 · 47th Congress · Feb 24, 1882
To postpone present and prior orders in order to proceed to the consideration of S. 876, a bill granting a pension to lucretia r. Garfield, widow of james a. Ga
On Feb 24, 1882, the Senate voted 21–28 (S 876). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–18, Republicans 13–9, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 21
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 24, 1882
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 18 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 9 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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