Senate roll call 255 · 47th Congress · Jan 27, 1882
To agree to an amendment to S. 46 providing for the redemption of bonds at the pleasure of the United States after jan. 1, 1885. (p. 680-1)
On Jan 27, 1882, the Senate voted 25–36 (S 46). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 4–27, Republicans 20–9, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 25
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Jan 27, 1882
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 27 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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