Senate roll call 858 · 47th Congress · Feb 15, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by eliminating the 2 1/4 cents per pound duty on rice, cleared, and makes the duty 45% ad valorem. (p. 2712-1, 2715-2)
On Feb 15, 1883, the Senate voted 15–35 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 11–16, Republicans 5–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 16 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
- 15
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 15, 1883
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 16 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 20 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- 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
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders 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
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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