Senate roll call 331 · 47th Congress · Mar 28, 1882
To amend S. 22 by eliminating the authority of the President to appoint nine members of the commission by providing that the Senate appoint three senators, the
On Mar 28, 1882, the Senate voted 18–34 (S 22). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–26, Democrats 18–8, Independents 1–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 18
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Mar 28, 1882
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 8 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 26 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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