Senate roll call 980 · 47th Congress · Mar 2, 1883
To table the resolution reinstating h. B. Littlepage to the messenger roll of the Senate with compensation from date of his removal.
On Mar 2, 1883, the Senate voted 27–13. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 9–11, Republicans 17–1, Independents 1–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 27
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Mar 2, 1883
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 1 no · 25 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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