Senate roll call 59 · 48th Congress · Feb 25, 1884
To amend in nature of a substitute for, S. 1155, which amendment stipulates that when United States bonds deposited as security for circulating notes become sub
On Feb 25, 1884, the Senate voted 14–36 (S 1155). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 13–16, Republicans 2–22. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 14
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Feb 25, 1884
By party
- Democrats13 yes · 16 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans2 yes · 22 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- John Percival Jones R-NV voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Richard Coke D-TX voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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