Senate roll call 357 · 47th Congress · Apr 18, 1882
To amend in the nature of a substitute S. 589, a bill providing for the claim of sarah MC donald, that she is entitled to land purchased by her deceased husband
On Apr 18, 1882, the Senate voted 35–10 (S 589). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–5, Republicans 15–5, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 35
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Apr 18, 1882
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 5 no · 23 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James David Walker D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- 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
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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