Senate roll call 847 · 47th Congress · Feb 14, 1883
To concur in an amendment to H.R. 5538 by placing a duty of 35% ad valorem on all friction or lucifer matches. (p. 2215-2, 2628-1)
On Feb 14, 1883, the Senate voted 34–15 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–5, Democrats 15–9, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 14 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
- 34
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Feb 14, 1883
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 5 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James David Walker D-AR
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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