Senate roll call 259 · 48th Congress · Dec 8, 1884
To order engrossment and third reading of S. 1170, for the relief of richard hawley and sons on the matter of a refund of overcharge of duty which the customs c
On Dec 8, 1884, the Senate voted 19–29 (S 1170). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 13–12, Democrats 6–18, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 18 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
- 19
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Dec 8, 1884
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 18 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans13 yes · 12 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
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