Senate roll call 94 · 48th Congress · Apr 5, 1884
To recommit to the committee on education and labor, S. 398. (p. 2639-1)
On Apr 5, 1884, the Senate voted 10–35 (S 398). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 12–18, Republicans 2–23. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 10
- No
- 35
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Apr 5, 1884
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 18 no · 6 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 23 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- Eugene Hale R-ME voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- 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
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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