Senate roll call 797 · 47th Congress · Feb 7, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by increasing duty from 50 cents to 75 cents per ton of 28 bushels (80 pounds to the bushel) of coal, bituminous and shale. (p. 2207-2)
On Feb 7, 1883, the Senate voted 21–20 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 16–7, Democrats 5–15, Independents 1–0, 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
- 21
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 7, 1883
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 15 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 7 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- 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
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- 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
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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