Senate roll call 663 · 47th Congress · Jan 4, 1883
To pass H.R. 5656. (p. 837-2)
On Jan 4, 1883, the Senate voted 23–20 (HR 5656). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–7, Republicans 7–17, Others 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
- 23
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jan 4, 1883
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 7 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 17 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James David Walker 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
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders 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
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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