Senate roll call 867 · 47th Congress · Feb 16, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by repealing of all laws imposing tax on manufactured tobacco, snuff, and cigars, and all special or license taxes now imposed on dealers in
On Feb 16, 1883, the Senate voted 7–47 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–29, Democrats 8–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 7
- No
- 47
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Feb 16, 1883
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 21 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 29 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- 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
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- 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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