Senate roll call 879 · 47th Congress · Feb 19, 1883
To recommit H.R. 5538 to the committee on finance with instructions to report the bill tomorrow, eliminating all provisions relating to duties on foreign import
On Feb 19, 1883, the Senate voted 4–46 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–24, Democrats 1–24, Independents 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 5 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
- 4
- No
- 46
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- Feb 19, 1883
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 24 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 24 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Independents0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- 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
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland 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
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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