Senate roll call 258 · 48th Congress · Dec 8, 1884
To amend S. 16428 incorporating the spokane falls and coeur d'alene railway company, which amendment eliminates that part of the bill which granted the railroad
On Dec 8, 1884, the Senate voted 37–17 (S 16428). Result: passed. By party: Democrats 27–0, Republicans 10–17, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 37
- No
- 17
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Dec 8, 1884
By party
- Democrats27 yes · 0 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans10 yes · 17 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- John James Ingalls R-KS voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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