Senate roll call 178 · 48th Congress · May 29, 1884
To amend H. R. 6656, (app. July 5, 1884), (23 stat. L. 123), making appropriation for district of columbia for fiscal 1885. Which amendment eliminates the prov
On May 29, 1884, the Senate voted 41–5 (HR 6656). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–4, Republicans 22–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 5 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
- 41
- No
- 5
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- May 29, 1884
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 4 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 1 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Richard Coke D-TX
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
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend H. R. 6656, (app. July 5, 1884)…: Senate Vote, May 29, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-178/to-amend-h-r-6656-app-july-5-1884 (accessed 2026-10-17).