Senate roll call 689 · 47th Congress · Jan 16, 1883
To amend S. 1683 by reducing the amount of the claim from $320,000 to $100,000. (p. 1222-1)
On Jan 16, 1883, the Senate voted 21–31 (S 1683). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–24, Democrats 16–10, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 21
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 16, 1883
By party
- Democrats16 yes · 10 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 24 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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