Senate roll call 850 · 47th Congress · Feb 14, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by placing on the free list books pamphlets, maps, charts, engravings and all printed matter specially designed for use in schools. (p. 2633
On Feb 14, 1883, the Senate voted 19–23 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–21, Democrats 18–2, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 19
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 14, 1883
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 2 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 21 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland 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
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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