Senate roll call 524 · 47th Congress · Jul 24, 1882
To adopt an amendment to H.R. 5538 providing for the reduction of the tax rate on all species of tobacco, from 16 cents to 8 cents per pound. (p. 6362-1)
On Jul 24, 1882, the Senate voted 18–38 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–26, Democrats 15–12, Independents 0–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 18
- No
- 38
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Jul 24, 1882
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 12 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 26 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- 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
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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