Senate roll call 420 · 47th Congress · May 31, 1882
To go into executive session. (p. 4364-1)
On May 31, 1882, the Senate voted 26–16. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–6, Democrats 10–9, Independents 0–1, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 26
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- May 31, 1882
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 9 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 6 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
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
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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