Senate roll call 557 · 47th Congress · Aug 2, 1882
To amend H.R. 6716 by eliminating the provision enabling the commissioner of agriculture to erect a brick building to be used for storing, packing and shipping
On Aug 2, 1882, the Senate voted 22–22 (HR 6716). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–10, Democrats 7–12, Independents 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
- 22
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Aug 2, 1882
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 12 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- 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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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