Senate roll call 41 · 48th Congress · Feb 8, 1884
To amend S. 19, regarding private land claims, which amendment increases the time during which people may prosecute claims, from three to six years, in the even
On Feb 8, 1884, the Senate voted 19–24 (S 19). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 17–5, Democrats 1–19, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 19
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 8, 1884
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 19 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 5 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- 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
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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