Senate roll call 71 · 48th Congress · Mar 10, 1884
To amend S. 140, establishing a bureau of labor statistics by increasing the salary of the chief of this bureau from $2,500 to $3,500. (p. 1746-1)
On Mar 10, 1884, the Senate voted 39–13 (S 140). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 27–1, Democrats 11–12, Others 1–0. 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
- 39
- No
- 13
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Mar 10, 1884
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 12 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans27 yes · 1 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown 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
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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