Senate roll call 53 · 48th Congress · Feb 19, 1884
To amend S. 1056, (app. June 20 1884), (23 stat. L. 536) granting an increase of pension to sally mallory, widow of benajah mallory, veteran of two wars, by inc
On Feb 19, 1884, the Senate voted 13–34 (S 1056). Result: failed. By party: Democrats 3–20, Republicans 9–14, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 12 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
- 13
- No
- 34
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Feb 19, 1884
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 20 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 14 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA voted yes
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI voted yes
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James David Walker D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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Capitol Receipts, “To amend S. 1056, (app. June 20 1884), (23…: Senate Vote, Feb 19, 1884,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/vote/48-S-53/to-amend-s-1056-app-june-20-1884-23 (accessed 2026-10-17).