Senate roll call 511 · 47th Congress · Jul 20, 1882
To agree to an amendment to H.R. 5538 incorporating the phrase, "and to impose a tax of 12c per pound on manufactured tobacco on and after jan. 1, 1883, and als
On Jul 20, 1882, the Senate voted 39–10 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–1, Democrats 11–10, Independents 1–0, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 39
- No
- 10
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jul 20, 1882
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 10 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 1 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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