Senate roll call 538 · 47th Congress · Jul 29, 1882
To amend H.R. 6616 by eliminating the provision that no cadets shall be appointed at the naval academy, but shall be appointed from each congressional district,
On Jul 29, 1882, the Senate voted 17–24 (HR 6616). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–16, Democrats 10–10, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 17
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Jul 29, 1882
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 10 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 16 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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