Senate roll call 50 · 48th Congress · Feb 14, 1884
To recommit to the committee on post office and post roads a Senate resolution confirming the nomination of g. F. Evans, as postmaster at martinsburg, VA., in p
On Feb 14, 1884, the Senate voted 21–24. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–17, Democrats 14–6, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 21
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 33
- Date
- Feb 14, 1884
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 6 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- John Alexander Logan R-IL voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted no
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James David Walker D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls 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
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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