Senate roll call 469 · 47th Congress · Jun 28, 1882
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 6244 reducing the salary of the director of geological survey from $6,000 to $5,000 per annum. (JP. 873)
On Jun 28, 1882, the Senate voted 34–20 (HR 6244). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–12, Democrats 19–6, Independents 0–1, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 18 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
- 34
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Jun 28, 1882
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 12 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- 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
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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