Senate roll call 548 · 47th Congress · Aug 1, 1882
To amend H.R. 6716 by specifying granite, in preference to any other material, to be used in finishing the only government owned pacific coast dock. (p. 6724-1
On Aug 1, 1882, the Senate voted 33–20 (HR 6716). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–14, Democrats 20–5, Independents 0–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 33
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Aug 1, 1882
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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