Senate roll call 353 · 47th Congress · Apr 13, 1882
To amend S. 60, (22-stat-l.-181), a bill ratifying the act of general council of choctaw indians, granting to the ST. Louis and san francisco railway company ri
On Apr 13, 1882, the Senate voted 15–30 (S 60). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 2–23, Republicans 13–10, 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
- 15
- No
- 30
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Apr 13, 1882
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 23 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 10 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- David Davis I-IL
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham 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
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- William Mahone O-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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