Senate roll call 685 · 47th Congress · Jan 15, 1883
To agree to the ratification of the convention between the United States and mexico, providing for reopening and retrying of the claims of benjamin weil and la
On Jan 15, 1883, the Senate voted 33–20. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–16, Republicans 21–4, Independents 1–0. 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
- 33
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 15, 1883
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 4 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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