Senate roll call 311 · 47th Congress · Mar 20, 1882
To consent to the nomination of samuel seabury as naval constructor in the United States navy.
On Mar 20, 1882, the Senate voted 15–29. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–20, Democrats 7–8, Independents 1–0, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 14 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
- 15
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Mar 20, 1882
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 8 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 20 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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