Senate roll call 716 · 47th Congress · Jan 24, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by eliminating the duty of 50 cents per ton on iron ore, including manguniferous iron ore; also the dross from burnt pyrites, and placing the
On Jan 24, 1883, the Senate voted 16–37 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 17–11, Republicans 1–26, Independents 0–1. 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
- 16
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Jan 24, 1883
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 11 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 26 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- 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
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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