To amend H.R. 5538 by exempting jute from tariff of $15. Per ton. (p. 2084-2)

On Feb 5, 1883, the Senate voted 23–22 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 13–13, Republicans 11–13, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 24 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: 23
No: 22
Did not vote: 32
Date: Feb 5, 1883

By party

Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 12 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 13 no · 19 didn’t vote
Independents1 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO voted yes
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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