Senate roll call 513 · 47th Congress · Jul 21, 1882
To reconsider the vote by which the Senate adopted the amendment to the resolution providing that the report of the commissioner of education for 1881 be printe
On Jul 21, 1882, the Senate voted 30–33. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 22–9, Democrats 7–23, Independents 0–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 30
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 20
- Date
- Jul 21, 1882
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 23 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 9 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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