Senate roll call 247 · 48th Congress · Jul 3, 1884
To go into executive session, motion made during debate on S. 2022, establishing a postal telegraph system. (p. 5966-1)
On Jul 3, 1884, the Senate voted 12–31. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 2–22, Democrats 10–8, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 10 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
- 12
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Jul 3, 1884
By party
- Democrats10 yes · 8 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 22 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-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
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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