Senate roll call 424 · 47th Congress · Jun 5, 1882
To amend H.R. 5559 by providing that compulsory retirement shall not apply to general sherman, lieutenant general sheridan, major general hancock, brigadier gen
On Jun 5, 1882, the Senate voted 9–45 (HR 5559). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 6–21, Democrats 3–22, Independents 0–1, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 9
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 5, 1882
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 22 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller 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
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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