Senate roll call 163 · 48th Congress · May 23, 1884
To recommit to the committee on education and labor, H. R. 1340, (app. June 27, 1554), (23 stat. L. 60), establishing and maintaining a department of labor stat
On May 23, 1884, the Senate voted 18–28 (HR 1340). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 19–6, Republicans 1–23. 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
- 18
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 29
- Date
- May 23, 1884
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 6 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-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
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To recommit to the committee on education…: Senate Vote, May 23, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-163/to-recommit-to-the-committee-on-education-and-labor (accessed 2026-10-17).