Senate roll call 285 · 48th Congress · Jan 17, 1885
To pass S.1331, making an appropriation for the relief of the first national bank of newton mass.
On Jan 17, 1885, the Senate voted 31–16 (S 1331). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–8, Democrats 14–8. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 31
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 31
- Date
- Jan 17, 1885
By party
- Democrats14 yes · 8 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 8 no · 15 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted no
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO voted no
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- 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
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
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