Senate roll call 505 · 47th Congress · Jul 18, 1882
To go into executive session. (p. 6169-1)
On Jul 18, 1882, the Senate voted 39–20. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–20, Democrats 26–0, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 39
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jul 18, 1882
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 0 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 20 no · 11 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
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- 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
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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