Senate roll call 35 · 48th Congress · Feb 7, 1884
To amend the private land claims bill, S. 19, which amendment provides that the surveyor general of new mexico shall adjudicate and report to the secretary of t
On Feb 7, 1884, the Senate voted 23–23 (S 19). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 8–16, Republicans 15–7. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 23
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 32
- Date
- Feb 7, 1884
By party
- Democrats8 yes · 16 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans15 yes · 7 no · 18 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- 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
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend the private land claims bill, S…: Senate Vote, Feb 7, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-35/to-amend-the-private-land-claims-bill-s-19 (accessed 2026-10-17).