Senate roll call 569 · 47th Congress · Aug 5, 1882
To recede from an amendment to H.R. 6243 relating to senatorial mileage. (p. 6914-2)
On Aug 5, 1882, the Senate voted 47–11 (HR 6243). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 29–2, Democrats 17–9, Independents 1–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 47
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Aug 5, 1882
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 9 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans29 yes · 2 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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