Senate roll call 489 · 47th Congress · Jul 10, 1882
To go into executive session, made during consideration of H.R. 6242. (p. 5847-2)
On Jul 10, 1882, the Senate voted 37–29. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 26–6, Republicans 10–22, Independents 1–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 37
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Jul 10, 1882
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 6 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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