Senate roll call 206 · 48th Congress · Jun 20, 1884
To amend the amendment to H. R. 5667, by eliminating the discrimination of rank between officers of all grades of the army, navy, and marine corps, and their de
On Jun 20, 1884, the Senate voted 21–28 (HR 5667). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–24, Democrats 21–3, Others 0–1. 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
- 21
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 28
- Date
- Jun 20, 1884
By party
- Democrats21 yes · 3 no · 12 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 24 no · 15 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- 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
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- 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
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
Cite or embed this page
Capitol Receipts, “To amend the amendment to H. R. 5667, by…: Senate Vote, Jun 20, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-206/to-amend-the-amendment-to-h-r-5667-by (accessed 2026-10-17).