Senate roll call 30 · 48th Congress · Feb 5, 1884
To amend a bill to ascertain and settle private land claims in certain states and territories, which amendment permits the introduction of the evidence of perso
On Feb 5, 1884, the Senate voted 11–34 (S 19). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–14, Democrats 2–20. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 11 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
- 11
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 5, 1884
By party
- Democrats2 yes · 20 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- 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
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend a bill to ascertain and settle…: Senate Vote, Feb 5, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-30/to-amend-a-bill-to-ascertain-and-settle-private (accessed 2026-10-17).