Senate roll call 241 · 47th Congress · Dec 15, 1881
To adjourn due to the late hour.
On Dec 15, 1881, the Senate voted 12–38. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–22, Republicans 7–16, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 12
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Dec 15, 1881
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 22 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 16 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-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
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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