To pass a resolution which provides that each senator, except the chairmen of standing or select committes, may appoint a clerk to serve during the sessions of

On Jan 24, 1884, the Senate voted 35–19. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 19–8, Republicans 15–12, 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: 35
No: 19
Did not vote: 22
Date: Jan 24, 1884

By party

Democrats19 yes · 8 no · 9 didn’t vote
Republicans15 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
Others2 yes · 0 no

Who broke with their party

Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
James David Walker D-AR voted no
John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
Benjamin Harrison R-IN 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
Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN 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
John Sherman R-OH voted no
Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
Richard Coke D-TX voted no
Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
Justin Smith Morrill R-VT 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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