Senate roll call 143 · 48th Congress · May 2, 1884
To amend the resolution relating to the termination of the services of wilbur f. MC daniel on may 1, 1884, which amendment authorizes the secretary of the senat
On May 2, 1884, the Senate voted 26–17. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–8, Republicans 13–9. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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
- 26
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 2, 1884
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 9 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- 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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