Senate roll call 633 · 47th Congress · Dec 23, 1882
To amend S. 133 by providing that no recommendation of any person who shall apply for office or place, under the provisions of this act which may be given by an
On Dec 23, 1882, the Senate voted 21–26 (S 133). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–9, Democrats 6–16, Independents 1–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 21
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Dec 23, 1882
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 16 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 9 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted no
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted no
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- William Windom R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- 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
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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