Senate roll call 158 · 48th Congress · May 20, 1884
To amend the amendment to H. R. 5261, (app. June 5, 1884), (23 stat. L. 36), making appropriations for the agriculture department for fiscal 1885, which amendme
On May 20, 1884, the Senate voted 22–29 (HR 5261). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 10–17, Democrats 11–12, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 21 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
- 29
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- May 20, 1884
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 17 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- James Thompson Farley D-CA voted yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
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