Senate roll call 237 · 48th Congress · Jun 30, 1884
To amend H. R. 7012, by appropriating $300,000 for improving the falls of the ohio river at louisville, kentucky, subject to approval of the secretary of war.
On Jun 30, 1884, the Senate voted 30–27 (HR 7012). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 10–20, Republicans 19–7, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 30
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Jun 30, 1884
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 20 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans19 yes · 7 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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