To recommit S. 2047 to the committee on judiciary with instructions to report a new bill, since the bill as it now stands is inadequate. (p. 1007-2)

On Jan 9, 1883, the Senate voted 20–30 (S 2047). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–14, Republicans 8–16, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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: 20
No: 30
Did not vote: 31
Date: Jan 9, 1883

By party

Democrats13 yes · 14 no · 11 didn’t vote
Republicans8 yes · 16 no · 19 didn’t vote
Independents0 yes · 1 no

Who broke with their party

Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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