Senate roll call 886 · 47th Congress · Feb 19, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by reducing the duty on polished, planished or glanced sheet-iron or sheet-steel from 2 1/2 cents to 2 cents a pound. (p. 2936-2)
On Feb 19, 1883, the Senate voted 22–17 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–12, Democrats 13–5, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 22
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 43
- Date
- Feb 19, 1883
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 12 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted no
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- 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
- John Sherman R-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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
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