Senate roll call 253 · 48th Congress · Jul 4, 1884
To pass S. 468, (app. Feb. 10, 1885), (23 stat. L. 621), granting an increase of pension to MRS. Mary r. S. Eaton, widow of general amos r. Eaton, late commissa
On Jul 4, 1884, the Senate voted 27–14 (S 468). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 23–1, Democrats 2–13, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 27
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 37
- Date
- Jul 4, 1884
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 13 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Republicans23 yes · 1 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- 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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