Senate roll call 425 · 47th Congress · Jun 5, 1882
To amend H.R. 5559 by eliminating the provision that upon 40 years of service, and on application made to the President, any officer or soldier may retire from
On Jun 5, 1882, the Senate voted 12–39 (HR 5559). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–25, Democrats 9–14, Independents 0–1, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 13 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
- 12
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 5, 1882
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 14 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 25 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James David Walker D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland 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
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- 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
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call 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
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- 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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