Senate roll call 895 · 47th Congress · Feb 20, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by increasing the duty on cotton, laces, embroideries, insertings, trimmings, lace window curtains and cotton velvet from 40% to 50% ad valor
On Feb 20, 1883, the Senate voted 19–27 (HR 5538). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–10, Democrats 5–17, Independents 1–0. 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
- 19
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Feb 20, 1883
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker 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
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Other votes
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