Senate roll call 312 · 47th Congress · Mar 21, 1882
To amend H.R. 1049 (22-stat l.-55), a bill promoting the efficiency of the life saving service and encouraging the saving of life from shipwreck, by providing t
On Mar 21, 1882, the Senate voted 35–20 (HR 1049). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 22–6, Democrats 12–14, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 20
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 21, 1882
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 14 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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