Senate roll call 835 · 47th Congress · Feb 13, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by providing that all sugars not above no. 13 dutch standard in color, all tank bottoms, syrups of cane juice or beet juice, melada, concentr
On Feb 13, 1883, the Senate voted 45–16 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 21–9, Republicans 24–6, Independents 0–1, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 15 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
- 45
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Feb 13, 1883
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 9 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans24 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- 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
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- 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
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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