Senate roll call 14 · 48th Congress · Jan 11, 1884
To amend the resolution revising and re-arranging the rules of the Senate, which amendment eliminates the provision requiring that all bills for the expenses of
On Jan 11, 1884, the Senate voted 29–19. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 12–15, Democrats 20–6, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 29
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jan 11, 1884
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 6 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 15 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
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
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- 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
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck 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
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton 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
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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