To go into excutive session, motion made during debate on S. 398. (p. 2516-1)

On Apr 2, 1884, the Senate voted 29–15. Result: passed. By party: Democrats 18–5, Republicans 11–10. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 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: 29
No: 15
Did not vote: 34
Date: Apr 2, 1884

By party

Democrats18 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote
Republicans11 yes · 10 no · 19 didn’t vote

Who broke with their party

James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
John Franklin Miller R-CA voted no
Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted no
Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted no
George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted no

How each senator voted: Yes

How each senator voted: No

Did not vote

Other votes

From Voteview roll call records.

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Capitol Receipts, “To go into excutive session, motion made…: Senate Vote, Apr 2, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-93/to-go-into-excutive-session-motion-made-during-debate (accessed 2026-10-17).