Senate roll call 838 · 47th Congress · Feb 13, 1883
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 5538 by removing jute from the tariff of $15. Per ton. (p. 2084-1, 2558-2)
On Feb 13, 1883, the Senate voted 24–29 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–18, Democrats 15–10, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 19 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
- 24
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 13, 1883
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 10 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 18 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- 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
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale 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
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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