Senate roll call 970 · 47th Congress · Mar 1, 1883
To amend H.R. 7595 by eliminating proviso extending to clerks mentioned in section 1840 of the United States revised statutes the provisions relating to circuit
On Mar 1, 1883, the Senate voted 29–19 (HR 7595). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–8, Democrats 11–11, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 19 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
- 29
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Mar 1, 1883
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 11 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Windom R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- 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
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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