Senate roll call 594 · 47th Congress · Dec 8, 1882
To amend S. 1382 by eliminating from the bill section two which proposes laws for involuntary bankruptcy, and also favors the creditor as against the debtor. (
On Dec 8, 1882, the Senate voted 15–35 (S 1382). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–26, Democrats 14–8, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 15
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Dec 8, 1882
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 26 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- 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
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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