To sustain the decision of the chair that the amendment to H.R. 6616, proposing the appointment of 140 surgeons, is not in order under Senate rule 29, as it pro

On Jul 28, 1882, the Senate voted 26–21 (HR 6616). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–13, Republicans 13–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 21 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: 26
No: 21
Did not vote: 36
Date: Jul 28, 1882

By party

Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 12 didn’t vote
Republicans13 yes · 8 no · 22 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
James Black Groome D-MD voted no
Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
Warner Miller R-NY voted no
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
La Fayette Grover D-OR voted no
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
Richard Coke D-TX voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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