Senate roll call 616 · 47th Congress · Dec 21, 1882
To adopt a house resolution providing that where the respective houses adjourn on friday, dec. 22, 1882, they stand adjourned until tuesday, jan. 2, 1883, at 12
On Dec 21, 1882, the Senate voted 25–36. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 21–12, Republicans 6–26, Independents 0–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 25
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Dec 21, 1882
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 12 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 26 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan 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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham 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
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
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