Senate roll call 712 · 47th Congress · Jan 23, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by increasing duty on iron ore from 50 cents to $1 per ton. (p. 1474-1)
On Jan 23, 1883, the Senate voted 11–37 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 12–13, Democrats 0–23, Independents 0–1, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 11
- No
- 37
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jan 23, 1883
By party
- Democrats0 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 13 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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