Senate roll call 86 · 48th Congress · Mar 21, 1884
To adjourn, motion made during debate on the resolution removing the injunction of secrecy from the text of the commercial treaty with mexico as amended and agr
On Mar 21, 1884, the Senate voted 25–23. Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–9, Democrats 6–14, Others 2–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 25
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 30
- Date
- Mar 21, 1884
By party
- Democrats6 yes · 14 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 9 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Others2 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted no
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- 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
- 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
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
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