Senate roll call 13 · 48th Congress · Jan 10, 1884
To amend the resolution revising and re-arranging the rules of the Senate, by providing that all bills making appropriations for the expenses of the department
On Jan 10, 1884, the Senate voted 22–32. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–20, Democrats 13–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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
- 22
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Jan 10, 1884
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 20 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- 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
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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