Senate roll call 483 · 47th Congress · Jul 6, 1882
To decide a question raised in committee of the whole, as to whether the amendment to H.R. 6242 is relevant to the subject matter. The amendment would appropri
On Jul 6, 1882, the Senate voted 33–17. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–17, Republicans 23–0. 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
- 33
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jul 6, 1882
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 17 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 0 no · 20 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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