Senate roll call 98 · 48th Congress · Apr 7, 1884
To amend S. 398, by providing that the monies distributed under the provisions of this act shall be used only for common schools, not sectatian in character. (
On Apr 7, 1884, the Senate voted 32–18 (S 398). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 11–18, Republicans 20–3, Others 1–0. 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
- 32
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- Apr 7, 1884
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 18 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 3 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted yes
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- 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
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
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