Senate roll call 283 · 47th Congress · Feb 24, 1882
To proceed to the consideration of S. 71 (22-stat-6. 58), a bill enforcing treaty stipulations relating to the chinese. (p. 1428-1)
On Feb 24, 1882, the Senate voted 35–16 (S 71). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–10, Democrats 18–6, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 35
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 24, 1882
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 6 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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