Senate roll call 670 · 47th Congress · Jan 9, 1883
To amend S. 2047 by repealing section 146, providing for the succession of the President and vice-President of the United States, by the President of the Senate
On Jan 9, 1883, the Senate voted 28–24 (S 2047). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–11, Democrats 12–14, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 23 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
- 24
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jan 9, 1883
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 14 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 11 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- 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
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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