Senate roll call 841 · 47th Congress · Feb 13, 1883
To reconsider the vote rejecting the amendment to H.R. 5538 by removing the duty on timber squared or sided; sawed boards, and other lumber of hemlock, white-wo
On Feb 13, 1883, the Senate voted 21–34. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–23, Democrats 17–10, Independents 1–0, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 21
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 13, 1883
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 10 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- 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
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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