Senate roll call 714 · 47th Congress · Jan 23, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by fixing the rate of duty on iron ore at 75 cents per ton instead of 50 cents. (p. 1497-2)
On Jan 23, 1883, the Senate voted 13–35 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–25, Republicans 11–11, Independents 0–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 13
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 23, 1883
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 25 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 11 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- 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
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar 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 Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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