Senate roll call 721 · 47th Congress · Jan 24, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by striking out "24 inches" and inserting "36 inches" to prevent the importation of iron rails at a low rate of duty. (p. 1540-2)
On Jan 24, 1883, the Senate voted 16–39 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–15, Republicans 3–23, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 16
- No
- 39
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jan 24, 1883
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 15 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 23 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- 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
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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