Senate roll call 418 · 47th Congress · May 31, 1882
To postpone indefinitely S. 126. (p. 4360-1)
On May 31, 1882, the Senate voted 20–25 (S 126). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 6–18, Republicans 15–7, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 20
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- May 31, 1882
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 18 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- 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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