Senate roll call 11 · 48th Congress · Jan 9, 1884
To amend the resolution revising and re-arranging the rules of the Senate, which amendment eliminates from rule 26 the stipulation that all appropriation bills
On Jan 9, 1884, the Senate voted 25–25. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–20, Democrats 18–6, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 25
- No
- 25
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jan 9, 1884
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 20 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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