Senate roll call 145 · 48th Congress · May 8, 1884
To amend S. 1448, (app. June 26, 1884), (23 stat. L. 53), removing certain burdens from the american merchant marine, encouraging american foreign carrying trad
On May 8, 1884, the Senate voted 17–31 (S 1448). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–27, Democrats 18–5, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 6 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
- 17
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 25
- Date
- May 8, 1884
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 5 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 27 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted no
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA voted no
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison 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
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 1448, (app. June 26, 1884), (23…: Senate Vote, May 8, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-145/to-amend-s-1448-app-june-26-1884-23 (accessed 2026-10-17).