Senate roll call 120 · 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 30–12 (S 1412). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 9–12, Democrats 20–0, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 9 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
- 30
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 36
- Date
- Apr 17, 1884
By party
- Democrats20 yes · 0 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 12 no · 19 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
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR 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
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-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
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- 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
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- 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
- 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
- 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-120/to-pass-s-1412-app-feb-25-1885-23 (accessed 2026-10-17).