Senate roll call 195 · 48th Congress · Jun 18, 1884
To amend S. 1283, by eliminating section 10 which annuls the laws of the territory of utah, recognizing the capacity of illegitimate children to inherit or shar
On Jun 18, 1884, the Senate voted 18–34 (S 1283). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 18–8, Republicans 1–24, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 18
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Jun 18, 1884
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 8 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 24 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted no
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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