Senate roll call 87 · 48th Congress · Mar 21, 1884
To amend S. 1852, a bill fixing the salaries of the several judges of the United States district courts at $50,000 per annum, by making this act applicable only
On Mar 21, 1884, the Senate voted 14–45 (S 1852). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–31, Democrats 14–13, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 14 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
- 45
- Did not vote
- 17
- Date
- Mar 21, 1884
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 13 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 31 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- James David Walker D-AR voted no
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted no
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted no
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- 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
- Benjamin Harrison R-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
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- 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
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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