Senate roll call 809 · 47th Congress · Feb 8, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by placing jute on the free list. (p. 2271-2)
On Feb 8, 1883, the Senate voted 22–33 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–18, Democrats 12–16. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 23 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
- 22
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 8, 1883
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 16 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 18 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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