Senate roll call 884 · 47th Congress · Feb 19, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by allowing a drawback of 75 cents per ton on all bituminous coal imported into the U.S., later used as fuel for vessels propelled by steam a
On Feb 19, 1883, the Senate voted 25–19 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–14, Democrats 15–5, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 25
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Feb 19, 1883
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 5 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 14 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- David Davis I-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- William Windom R-MN
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton 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
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