Senate roll call 788 · 47th Congress · Feb 5, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by exempting jute butts from tariff of $6. Per ton. (p. 2094-1)
On Feb 5, 1883, the Senate voted 35–11 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–5, Republicans 16–8, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 35
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- Feb 5, 1883
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 5 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 8 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- 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
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
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