Senate roll call 336 · 47th Congress · Apr 3, 1882
To amend S. 453, a bill reinstating thomas riley in the United States army, by providing that riley, when the first vacancy occurs, be reinstated in the infantr
On Apr 3, 1882, the Senate voted 27–13 (S 453). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–2, Republicans 6–11. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 27
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Apr 3, 1882
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 2 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 11 no · 26 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- 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
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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