Senate roll call 498 · 47th Congress · Jul 12, 1882
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 6242 providing that not more than one half of the aggregate amount appropriated shall be expended during the year ending june 3
On Jul 12, 1882, the Senate voted 16–45 (HR 6242). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–16, Democrats 0–30, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 16
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jul 12, 1882
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 30 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 16 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris 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
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- 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
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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