Senate roll call 720 · 47th Congress · Jan 24, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by levying duty on iron in pigs, iron bent ledges of $6 per ton; all wrought and cast scrap-iron and scrap steel of every description of $7 p
On Jan 24, 1883, the Senate voted 10–45 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 1–26, Republicans 9–18, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 10
- No
- 45
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jan 24, 1883
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 26 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 18 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- 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
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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