Senate roll call 897 · 47th Congress · Feb 20, 1883
To amend H.R. 5538 by placing a tax of 25% ad valorem on all kinds of jewelry, excluding gold watches, which would have 40% ad valorem tax. (p. 2985-1)
On Feb 20, 1883, the Senate voted 26–15 (HR 5538). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 15–7, Democrats 11–8, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 26
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 41
- Date
- Feb 20, 1883
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 8 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- William Windom R-MN voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Windom R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- 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
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan 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
- Warner Miller 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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