To amend the resolution revising and re-arranging the rules of the Senate, by providing that all bills making appropriations for the expenses of the department

On Jan 10, 1884, the Senate voted 22–32. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–20, Democrats 13–13. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 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: 32
Did not vote: 23
Date: Jan 10, 1884

By party

Democrats13 yes · 13 no · 10 didn’t vote
Republicans9 yes · 20 no · 11 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
James Black Groome D-MD voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
James Graham Fair D-NV voted no
Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
Richard Coke D-TX voted no
Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the resolution revising and…: Senate Vote, Jan 10, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-13/to-amend-the-resolution-revising-and-re-arranging-the (accessed 2026-10-17).