Senate roll call 149 · 48th Congress · May 13, 1884
To ask for a conference with the house regarding amendments to H. R. 2228, (app. June 26, 1884), (23 stat. L. 53), removing certain burdens on the american merc
On May 13, 1884, the Senate voted 28–17 (HR 2228). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–2, Democrats 5–20, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 7 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
- 28
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 13, 1884
By party
- Democrats5 yes · 20 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-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
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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