Senate roll call 296 · 47th Congress · Mar 10, 1882
To amend S. 861 by directing the above commission to investigate the alcholic liquor traffic, its relation to revenue, taxation and society, and eliminating the
On Mar 10, 1882, the Senate voted 24–25 (S 861). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–23, Democrats 18–4, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 24
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 10, 1882
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 4 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 23 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-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
- 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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