Senate roll call 349 · 47th Congress · Apr 12, 1882
To pass S. 173. (p. 2797e
On Apr 12, 1882, the Senate voted 34–15 (S 173). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–6, Republicans 14–8, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 34
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Apr 12, 1882
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 8 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
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
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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