Senate roll call 528 · 47th Congress · Jul 25, 1882
To amend H.R. 5538 by permitting the duty to remain on sugar at the rate in force prior to the 25% increase, and specifying that charges shall be fixed on the b
On Jul 25, 1882, the Senate voted 34–24 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–21, Democrats 26–2, Independents 1–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 34
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jul 25, 1882
By party
- Democrats26 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 21 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- 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 Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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