Senate roll call 508 · 47th Congress · Jul 20, 1882
To postpone until tomorrow further consideration of H.R. 5224 (22-stat-347), a bill relieving certain soldiers of the late war from the charges of desertion. (
On Jul 20, 1882, the Senate voted 35–29 (HR 5224). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 25–9, Democrats 9–19, 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
- 35
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 19
- Date
- Jul 20, 1882
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 19 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans25 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
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
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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