Senate roll call 264 · 48th Congress · Dec 16, 1884
To amend S. 2376, for the relief of joseph f. Wilson who aquired 80 acres by deed in indiana in 1875 on faith of a patent from the government but on which the t
On Dec 16, 1884, the Senate voted 29–16 (S 2376). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–15, Democrats 20–1. 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
- 29
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Dec 16, 1884
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 1 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 15 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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