Senate roll call 354 · 47th Congress · Apr 13, 1882
To pass S. 60, a bill ratifying the act of the general council of choctaw indians, granting to the ST. Louis and san francisco railway company the right of way
On Apr 13, 1882, the Senate voted 31–13 (S 60). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–14, Democrats 21–2, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 31
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Apr 13, 1882
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- 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
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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