Senate roll call 106 · 48th Congress · Apr 7, 1884
To amend S. 398, by eliminating the section giving to each state or territory from which an apportionment has been withheld, the right to appeal to Congress fro
On Apr 7, 1884, the Senate voted 6–40 (S 398). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–22, Democrats 5–17, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 6 members voted against their own party.
During the 48th Congress (1883–1884), Chester A. Arthur was president, and Democrats held the House majority and Republicans the Senate majority.
- Yes
- 6
- No
- 40
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Apr 7, 1884
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 17 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 22 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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