Senate roll call 167 · 48th Congress · May 26, 1884
To concur in the house amendment to S. 247, (app. June 3, 1884), (23 stat. L. 33), extending the duration of the court of commissioners of alabama claims, which
On May 26, 1884, the Senate voted 29–19 (S 247). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 28–2, Democrats 3–19. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 5 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
- 29
- No
- 19
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- May 26, 1884
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 19 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans28 yes · 2 no · 10 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- 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
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- 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
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- 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
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- William Mahone O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To concur in the house amendment to S. 247…: Senate Vote, May 26, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-167/to-concur-in-the-house-amendment-to-s-247 (accessed 2026-10-17).