Senate roll call 289 · 47th Congress · Mar 8, 1882
To amend S. 71 by providing that this act shall not apply to skilled laborers who can prove they enter this country without contract by which their labor is the
On Mar 8, 1882, the Senate voted 17–27 (S 71). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–6, Democrats 1–21, Independents 1–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 17
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 8, 1882
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- 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
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 71 by providing that this act…: Senate Vote, Mar 8, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-S-289/to-amend-s-71-by-providing-that-this-act (accessed 2026-10-17).