Senate roll call 415 · 47th Congress · May 24, 1882
To postpone until the first monday next december for the purpose of delaying the appointment of lewis buckner as collector of internal revenue for fifth distric
On May 24, 1882, the Senate voted 13–32. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–18, Democrats 5–13, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 13
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- May 24, 1882
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 13 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 18 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Angus Cameron 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
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- 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.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To postpone until the first monday next…: Senate Vote, May 24, 1882,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/47-S-415/to-postpone-until-the-first-monday-next-december-for (accessed 2026-10-16).