Senate roll call 324 · 48th Congress · Feb 10, 1885
To consider H. R. 7004, repealing all laws providing for the pre-emption of public lands and the laws allowing entry for timber culture. (p. 1479-2)
On Feb 10, 1885, the Senate voted 15–36 (HR 7004). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 14–15, Democrats 1–21. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 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
- 15
- No
- 36
- Did not vote
- 27
- Date
- Feb 10, 1885
By party
- Democrats1 yes · 21 no · 14 didn’t vote
- Republicans14 yes · 15 no · 11 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Franklin Miller R-CA voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted yes
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted yes
- John Sherman R-OH voted yes
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR voted yes
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- 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
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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