Senate roll call 535 · 47th Congress · Jul 29, 1882
To proceed to consideration of H.R. 6722 (22-stat. L.-186), a bill regulating the carriage of passengers by sea. (p. 6626-1)
On Jul 29, 1882, the Senate voted 25–17. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–7, Democrats 8–9, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 25
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Jul 29, 1882
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 9 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 7 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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