Senate roll call 822 · 47th Congress · Feb 10, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by providing that imported SALT in bond may be used in curing fish by licensed fisheries and in curing meats whether packed, smoked or canned
On Feb 10, 1883, the Senate voted 18–34 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 0–28, Republicans 18–6, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 34
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 10, 1883
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 28 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans18 yes · 6 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- 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
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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