Senate roll call 126 · 48th Congress · Apr 21, 1884
To amend S. 1372, by providing that insolvent traders cannot buy or sell stocks, bonds or other securities, promising delivery at period longer than three days
On Apr 21, 1884, the Senate voted 22–27 (S 1372). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 3–24, Democrats 19–3, Others 0–1. 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
- 22
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Apr 21, 1884
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 3 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 24 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- 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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- 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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