Senate roll call 862 · 47th Congress · Feb 16, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by placing 20% ad valorem duty on jute, sunn, sisal grass and other such substances not enumerated, instead of $15 per ton duty. (p. 2778-1)
On Feb 16, 1883, the Senate voted 35–14 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–5, Republicans 15–8, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 35
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 16, 1883
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 8 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden 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
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Sherman R-OH
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- 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
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- 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
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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