Senate roll call 20 · 48th Congress · Jan 23, 1884
To pass the resolution that each senator, except the chairmen of standing or select committees of the Senate, shall be entitled to a clerk or secretary, at a sa
On Jan 23, 1884, the Senate voted 30–13. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 17–6, Republicans 12–7, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 13 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
- 30
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jan 23, 1884
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans12 yes · 7 no · 21 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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