Senate roll call 642 · 47th Congress · Dec 27, 1882
To amend S. 133 by providing that no recommendation of any person applying for office under the provisions of this act, which recommendations may be given by an
On Dec 27, 1882, the Senate voted 26–16 (S 133). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–3, Democrats 5–13, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 26
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Dec 27, 1882
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 13 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 3 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Richard Coke D-TX
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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