Senate roll call 268 · 47th Congress · Feb 15, 1882
To adopt a resolution as amended. (p. 1145-2)
On Feb 15, 1882, the Senate voted 33–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 24–1, Democrats 9–15, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 15
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 15, 1882
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 1 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
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
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Harvey Slater 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
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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