Senate roll call 390 · 47th Congress · May 12, 1882
To amend S. 420 by providing that the supreme court shall continue to have the same jurisdiction it has under existing laws with the exception of patent rights
On May 12, 1882, the Senate voted 24–27 (S 420). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–13, Republicans 11–15, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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
- 24
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- May 12, 1882
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron 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
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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