Senate roll call 427 · 47th Congress · Jun 6, 1882
To adopt an amendment to H.R. 5559 providing that compulsory retirement shall not apply to any general or lieutenant general. (p. 4565-1
On Jun 6, 1882, the Senate voted 19–33 (HR 5559). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 5–21, Republicans 14–12, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 19
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jun 6, 1882
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 21 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 12 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- 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
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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