Senate roll call 235 · 48th Congress · Jun 30, 1884
To consider S. 1886, to quiet title of settlers on the des moines river lands in the state of iowa. (p. 5773-1)
On Jun 30, 1884, the Senate voted 17–36 (S 1886). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–12, Democrats 2–23, Others 1–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 17
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 30, 1884
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 23 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 12 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 1 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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