Senate roll call 599 · 47th Congress · Dec 12, 1882
To postpone indefinitely the consideration of S. 1551, a bill promoting the efficiency of the corps of chaplains of the United States navy. (p. 201-2)
On Dec 12, 1882, the Senate voted 19–35 (S 1551). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–17, Republicans 7–19, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 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
- 19
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Dec 12, 1882
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 17 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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