Senate roll call 614 · 47th Congress · Dec 20, 1882
To go into executive session thereby preventing consideration of S. 133.
On Dec 20, 1882, the Senate voted 29–21. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–15, Democrats 19–5, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 29
- No
- 21
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Dec 20, 1882
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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