Senate roll call 615 · 47th Congress · Dec 21, 1882
To amend the h. Res. Setting forth that when the house adjourns on friday dec. 22, it will stand adjourned until tuesday jan. 2, 1883, at 12. (p. 496-1)
On Dec 21, 1882, the Senate voted 17–45. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 10–24, Republicans 8–23, Independents 1–0, Others 0–1. 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
- 17
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Dec 21, 1882
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 24 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Republicans8 yes · 23 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
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