Senate roll call 119 · 48th Congress · Apr 17, 1884
To pass S. 1412 (app. Feb. 25, 1885), (23 stat. L. 320), authorizing the secretary of war to adjust and settle the account for arms between the state of south c
On Apr 17, 1884, the Senate voted 24–14 (S 1412). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 20–0, Republicans 3–15, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 24
- No
- 14
- Did not vote
- 39
- Date
- Apr 17, 1884
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans3 yes · 15 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- 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
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-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
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 1412 (app. Feb. 25, 1885), (23…: Senate Vote, Apr 17, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-119/to-pass-s-1412-app-feb-25-1885-23 (accessed 2026-10-17).