Senate roll call 148 · 48th Congress · May 12, 1884
To consider the resolution directing the secretary of the interior to withhold granting land patents to the northern pacific railroad or recognizing any of its
On May 12, 1884, the Senate voted 23–18. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 4–19, Democrats 21–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 23
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 34
- Date
- May 12, 1884
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 0 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 19 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- 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
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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