Senate roll call 766 · 47th Congress · Feb 1, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by increasing the duty on tobacco for cigar wrappers, from $2.50 per pound and 25% ad valorem, to $3 per pound and 30% ad valorem. (p. 1904-
On Feb 1, 1883, the Senate voted 18–24 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 15–7, Democrats 4–17, Independents 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
- 18
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 1, 1883
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 17 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- 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
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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