Senate roll call 174 · 48th Congress · May 28, 1884
To table the amendment to H. R. 5667, which amendment provides that no officers enlisted men or their widows shall be entitled to the benefits of this act, unle
On May 28, 1884, the Senate voted 34–22 (HR 5667). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 23–6, Republicans 10–16, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 16 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
- 34
- No
- 22
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- May 28, 1884
By party
- Democrats23 yes · 6 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 16 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
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