Senate roll call 91 · 48th Congress · Mar 28, 1884
To adjourn, motion made during debate on S. 398. (p. 2376-1)
On Mar 28, 1884, the Senate voted 20–27. Result: failed. By party: Democrats 14–11, Republicans 6–15, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 17 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
- 20
- No
- 27
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Mar 28, 1884
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 11 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans6 yes · 15 no · 19 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted no
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- 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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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