Senate roll call 876 · 47th Congress · Feb 19, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by eliminating the provision that wire rope and wire strands of iron or steel wire shall pay the same duty rates levied on wire of which they
On Feb 19, 1883, the Senate voted 8–32 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–22, Republicans 9–12, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 8
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 38
- Date
- Feb 19, 1883
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 22 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 12 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- 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
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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