Senate roll call 323 · 47th Congress · Mar 24, 1882
To amend H.R. 1049 by establishing four life-saving stations, one near key west, one near jupiter inlet, one at or near cape canaveral, and one on the gulf coas
On Mar 24, 1882, the Senate voted 36–17 (HR 1049). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–1, Republicans 9–15, Independents 1–0, Others 0–1. 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
- 36
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 24, 1882
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 1 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-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
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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