Senate roll call 129 · 48th Congress · Apr 21, 1884
To amend S. 1372, by providing that a person, under this act, is insolvent only when his liablilites exceed in amount the value of his property liable to execut
On Apr 21, 1884, the Senate voted 11–34 (S 1372). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–29, Democrats 11–5, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 11
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Apr 21, 1884
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 5 no · 20 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 29 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- 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
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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