Senate roll call 604 · 47th Congress · Dec 14, 1882
To pass S. 1551, a bill promoting the efficiency of the corps of chaplains in the United States navy. (JP. 93)
On Dec 14, 1882, the Senate voted 20–34 (S 1551). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 9–19, Republicans 11–14, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 20 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
- 20
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Dec 14, 1882
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 19 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 14 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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