Senate roll call 49 · 48th Congress · Feb 13, 1884
To postpone indefintely S. J. RES. 50 (app. Feb. 13, 1884), (23 stat. L. 267) making appropriations to dispatch an expedition to lady franklin bay for bringing
On Feb 13, 1884, the Senate voted 27–26 (SJR 50). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 4–22, Republicans 22–4, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 8 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
- 26
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 13, 1884
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 22 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans22 yes · 4 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- 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
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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