Senate roll call 383 · 47th Congress · May 9, 1882
To amend S. 420 by providing that on appeal to the supreme court, all decisions of the court of appeals on factual questions shall be deemed final and conclusiv
On May 9, 1882, the Senate voted 20–28 (S 420). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–26, Democrats 24–0, Independents 0–1, Others 0–1. It was a party-line vote: most Democrats and most Republicans voted on opposite sides.
During the 47th Congress (1881–1882), Chester A. Arthur was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 20
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- May 9, 1882
By party
- Democrats24 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 26 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
Every member who voted sided with their party's majority.
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 420 by providing that on appeal…: Senate Vote, May 9, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-S-383/to-amend-s-420-by-providing-that-on-appeal (accessed 2026-10-17).