Senate roll call 154 · 48th Congress · May 14, 1884
That when Senate adjourns today (thursday), it stand adjourned until monday. (p. 4175)
On May 14, 1884, the Senate voted 28–15. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 10–12, Democrats 17–3, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 28
- No
- 15
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- May 14, 1884
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 3 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 12 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- 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
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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