Senate roll call 81 · 48th Congress · Mar 17, 1884
To amend S. J. RES. 75, by appropriating $25,000, or as much thereof as necessary, to be used under direction of the commissioner of agriculture with the consen
On Mar 17, 1884, the Senate voted 18–24 (SJR 75). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 5–20, Democrats 17–6. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 11 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
- 18
- No
- 24
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 17, 1884
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 6 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans5 yes · 20 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-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
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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