Senate roll call 194 · 47th Congress · Oct 27, 1881
To recommit to the committee on post offices and post roads, a resolution in order that the charges against john e. Wilson, the present incumbent, may be invest
On Oct 27, 1881, the Senate voted 21–23. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–12, Republicans 12–21, Independents 0–1, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 21
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 15
- Date
- Oct 27, 1881
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 12 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 21 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- 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
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
Other votes
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