Senate roll call 38 · 48th Congress · Feb 8, 1884
To amend the amendment to S. 19, regarding private land claims by providing a detailed procedure to be followed by a person claiming title to land for which the
On Feb 8, 1884, the Senate voted 13–28 (S 19). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 11–11, Democrats 1–18, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 12 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
- 13
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 8, 1884
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 18 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans11 yes · 11 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- 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
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell 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
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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