Senate roll call 549 · 47th Congress · Aug 1, 1882
To amend H.R. 6716 by eliminating the first clause of the amendment providing that the dock shall be completed with granite. (JP. 1035)
On Aug 1, 1882, the Senate voted 27–31 (HR 6716). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 21–8, Democrats 5–22, Independents 1–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 27
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Aug 1, 1882
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-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 Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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