Senate roll call 204 · 48th Congress · Jun 20, 1884
To pass S. 337, (app. July 7, 1884), (23 stat. L. 606), authorizing and directing the secretary of interior to place on the pension-roll each of the mitchell ra
On Jun 20, 1884, the Senate voted 29–18 (S 337). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 26–1, Democrats 3–17. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 4 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
- 29
- No
- 18
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jun 20, 1884
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 17 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans26 yes · 1 no · 13 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN voted yes
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- 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
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To pass S. 337, (app. July 7, 1884), (23…: Senate Vote, Jun 20, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-204/to-pass-s-337-app-july-7-1884-23 (accessed 2026-10-17).