Senate roll call 251 · 48th Congress · Jul 4, 1884
To agree to an amendment reported from the committee on pensions, to H.R. 103, (app. July 5, 1884), (23 stat. L. 586), granting a pension to theresa crosby wats
On Jul 4, 1884, the Senate voted 15–31 (HR 103). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–15, Democrats 4–15, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 15 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
- 15
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Jul 4, 1884
By party
- Democrats4 yes · 15 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 15 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan 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
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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