Senate roll call 692 · 47th Congress · Jan 17, 1883
To postpone unfinished business until tomorrow, in order to take up for consideration H.R. 7049 (22-stat-153), a bill making appropriations for the post office
On Jan 17, 1883, the Senate voted 27–31 (HR 7049). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 22–7, Republicans 5–23, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 27
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jan 17, 1883
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 7 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- 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
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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