Senate roll call 18 · 48th Congress · Jan 21, 1884
To order the engrossment and third reading of a bill amending section 1860 of the revised statutes, so as not to exclude retired army officers from holding civi
On Jan 21, 1884, the Senate voted 37–11 (S 346). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 20–7, Democrats 17–4. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 11 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
- 37
- No
- 11
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Jan 21, 1884
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 4 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 7 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley 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
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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