Senate roll call 401 · 47th Congress · May 19, 1882
To amend S. 67 by providing that the United States shall not retain any monies due to any state, and to discharge and cancel any amount due to the United States
On May 19, 1882, the Senate voted 15–25 (S 67). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–20, Democrats 13–7, Independents 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
- 15
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- May 19, 1882
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 7 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 20 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- 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
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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