Senate roll call 314 · 47th Congress · Mar 21, 1882
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 1049 entitling widows and children under 16, of any member who died in service, full pay of the deceased for two years, and pro
On Mar 21, 1882, the Senate voted 31–27 (HR 1049). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–7, Democrats 8–19, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 31
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Mar 21, 1882
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 19 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 7 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes 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
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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