Senate roll call 160 · 48th Congress · May 21, 1884
To refer to the committee on judiciary, the resolution requesting the President to inform the Senate by what authority commissioners have been appointed to exam
On May 21, 1884, the Senate voted 27–23. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 3–22, Republicans 23–1, Others 1–0. 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
- 27
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- May 21, 1884
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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