Senate roll call 199 · 48th Congress · Jun 18, 1884
To amend S. 1283, by adding a new section declaring that no person shall be made to suffer disfranchisement for any offense of which he has not been duly convic
On Jun 18, 1884, the Senate voted 17–27 (S 1283). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 0–22, Democrats 18–3, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 17
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Jun 18, 1884
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 3 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans0 yes · 22 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- 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
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- 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
- Preston B. Plumb 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- 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
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- 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
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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