Senate roll call 818 · 47th Congress · Feb 10, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by reducing the tax on snuff and manufactured tobacco from 12 cents to 8 cents per pound from july 1, 1883. (p. 2420-2)
On Feb 10, 1883, the Senate voted 30–24 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–21, Democrats 25–4, Independents 0–1, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 30
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 10, 1883
By party
- Democrats25 yes · 4 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 21 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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