Senate roll call 916 · 47th Congress · Feb 23, 1883
To amend S. 2238 by prohibiting voting of females, not only for the territory of utah but it will be unlawful to vote in any election hereafter in territories o
On Feb 23, 1883, the Senate voted 11–20 (S 2238). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–4, Republicans 0–17, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 11
- No
- 20
- Did not vote
- 47
- Date
- Feb 23, 1883
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 4 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 17 no · 26 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- 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
- 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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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