Senate roll call 97 · 48th Congress · Apr 7, 1884
To amend S. 398, by reducing the number of years when funds shall be appropriated from ten to eight years. (p. 2690-1)
On Apr 7, 1884, the Senate voted 38–12 (S 398). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 14–17, Republicans 26–0. 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
- 38
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 21
- Date
- Apr 7, 1884
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 17 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 0 no · 14 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA voted yes
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- 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 Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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