Senate roll call 554 · 47th Congress · Aug 2, 1882
To amend H.R. 6716 by creating the office of consul general at madrid with an annual salary of $1,200. (p. 6781)
On Aug 2, 1882, the Senate voted 28–28 (HR 6716). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 19–10, Democrats 7–18, Independents 1–0, 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
- 28
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Aug 2, 1882
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 18 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 10 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- 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
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- 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
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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