Senate roll call 146 · 48th Congress · May 8, 1884
To amend S. 1448, (app. June 26, 1884), (23 stat. L. 53), removing certain burdens on the american merchant marine and encouraging the american foreign carrying
On May 8, 1884, the Senate voted 7–44 (S 1448). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–28, Democrats 9–15, Others 0–2. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 10 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
- 7
- No
- 44
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- May 8, 1884
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 15 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 28 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted yes
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
- John Edward Kenna D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer 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
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds 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-146/to-amend-s-1448-app-june-26-1884-23 (accessed 2026-10-17).