Senate roll call 890 · 47th Congress · Feb 20, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by providing a tax increase of 2{ on woolens of the first and second class. (p. 2965-2)
On Feb 20, 1883, the Senate voted 20–40 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 16–15, Democrats 3–26, Independents 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 20
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 20, 1883
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 26 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans16 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover 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
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- 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 Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- 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
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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