Senate roll call 930 · 47th Congress · Feb 23, 1883
To sustain the decision of the chair that an amendment to S. 2238 is general legislation, and was not in order at this time.
On Feb 23, 1883, the Senate voted 19–6. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 14–0, Democrats 5–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 6
- Did not vote
- 58
- Date
- Feb 23, 1883
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 6 no · 27 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 0 no · 29 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- William Mahone O-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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