Senate roll call 328 · 47th Congress · Mar 28, 1882
To amend S. 22 by limiting the investigation only to the tarriff by striking out "and the existing system of internal revenues" thus eliminating completely the
On Mar 28, 1882, the Senate voted 22–38 (S 22). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–11, Democrats 1–27, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 22
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Mar 28, 1882
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 27 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- 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
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden 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
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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