Senate roll call 493 · 47th Congress · Jul 11, 1882
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 6242 increasing the appropriation for the improvement of the cumberland sound in georgia from $50,000, to $100,000. (p. 5897-2
On Jul 11, 1882, the Senate voted 18–32 (HR 6242). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 8–19, Democrats 9–12, Independents 1–0, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 18
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jul 11, 1882
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 12 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 19 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- 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
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- 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
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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