Senate roll call 655 · 47th Congress · Jan 4, 1883
To consider H.R. 5656. (p. 820-1)
On Jan 4, 1883, the Senate voted 23–29. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–9, Republicans 4–20, Independents 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 23
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 4, 1883
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 9 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 20 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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