Senate roll call 306 · 48th Congress · Feb 3, 1885
To amend H. R. 5461, by inserting a provision to prevent any railroad, in moving freight or passengers, from charging proportionately more for a short distance
On Feb 3, 1885, the Senate voted 6–41 (HR 5461). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 4–25, Democrats 3–19, Others 0–1. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 7 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
- 6
- No
- 41
- Did not vote
- 26
- Date
- Feb 3, 1885
By party
- Democrats3 yes · 19 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans4 yes · 25 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE voted yes
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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