Senate roll call 492 · 47th Congress · Jul 11, 1882
To table an amendment to H.R. 6242 increasing the appropriation for the improvement of cumberland sound in georgia and florida. (p. 5899-1)
On Jul 11, 1882, the Senate voted 25–33 (HR 6242). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 18–12, Democrats 6–20, Independents 0–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 25
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jul 11, 1882
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 20 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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