Senate roll call 297 · 48th Congress · Jan 29, 1885
To amend the nicaragua treaty for the construction of an interoceanic canal by providing that tolls and other charges shall be equal for vessels of all nations,
On Jan 29, 1885, the Senate voted 22–32. Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–22, Democrats 15–8, Others 0–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 15 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
- 22
- No
- 32
- Did not vote
- 24
- Date
- Jan 29, 1885
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 8 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 22 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 2 no
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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