Senate roll call 683 · 47th Congress · Jan 13, 1883
To postpone the calendar thus delaying this order of legislation, and proceed to the consideration of S. 1683. (p. 1153-2)
On Jan 13, 1883, the Senate voted 28–26. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 8–20, Republicans 21–5, 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
- 28
- No
- 26
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jan 13, 1883
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 20 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans21 yes · 5 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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