Senate roll call 853 · 47th Congress · Feb 15, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by increasing the duty on iron ore including manganiferous iron ore, also the residium from burnt pyrites, from 50 cents to 75 cents per ton.
On Feb 15, 1883, the Senate voted 25–33 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–28, Republicans 22–6, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 25
- No
- 33
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 15, 1883
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 28 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 6 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-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
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- 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
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- 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
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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