Senate roll call 25 · 48th Congress · Jan 31, 1884
To adjourn until monday. (p. 163)
On Jan 31, 1884, the Senate voted 24–23. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–6, Republicans 6–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 24
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jan 31, 1884
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 6 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 17 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger 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
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-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
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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