To table the amendment to H.R. 5667, which amendment eliminates the provision making the act applicable to such widows only, who were married to service men pri

On May 28, 1884, the Senate voted 40–20 (HR 5667). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 24–7, Republicans 16–13, Others 2–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 20 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: 40
No: 20
Did not vote: 16
Date: May 28, 1884

By party

Democrats24 yes · 7 no · 5 didn’t vote
Republicans16 yes · 13 no · 11 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV 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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