Senate roll call 790 · 47th Congress · Feb 5, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by increasing the rate of duty on articles composed of jute, such as oil-cloths and oil-cloth foundations, floor-cloth canvas, or burlaps exc
On Feb 5, 1883, the Senate voted 30–15 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–13, Republicans 20–2, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 30
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Feb 5, 1883
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 13 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 2 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Sherman R-OH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
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
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- 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
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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