Senate roll call 128 · 48th Congress · Apr 21, 1884
To amend S. 1372, by eliminating newspaper publishers from the class of traders against whom involuntary bankruptcy proceedings may be instituted in order to PR
On Apr 21, 1884, the Senate voted 14–31 (S 1372). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–24, Democrats 12–6, Others 0–1. 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
- 14
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Apr 21, 1884
By party
- Democrats12 yes · 6 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 24 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-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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