Senate roll call 762 · 47th Congress · Feb 1, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by levying duties on melada, concentrated melada, cane syrup, tank-bottoms, concentrated molasses, and all sugars, 35% ad valorem; on molasse
On Feb 1, 1883, the Senate voted 12–43 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 7–23, Republicans 6–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 12
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 1, 1883
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 23 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 21 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- George Graham Vest 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
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- 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
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Did not vote
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- 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
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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