Senate roll call 316 · 48th Congress · Feb 4, 1885
To pass the Senate substitute for H. R. 5461. (p. 1254-2)
On Feb 4, 1885, the Senate voted 43–12 (HR 5461). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 34–1, Democrats 11–15, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 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
- 43
- No
- 12
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 4, 1885
By party
- Democrats11 yes · 15 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Republicans34 yes · 1 no · 5 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- Charles William Jones D-FL voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA voted yes
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- George Graham Vest D-MO voted yes
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted yes
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted yes
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted yes
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted yes
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- 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
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- 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
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- William Mahone O-VA
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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