Senate roll call 337 · 48th Congress · Feb 17, 1885
To postpone indefinitely S. 1886, quieting title of settlers on the des moines river lands.
On Feb 17, 1885, the Senate voted 27–28 (S 1886). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–23, Democrats 19–6, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 13 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
- 27
- No
- 28
- Did not vote
- 22
- Date
- Feb 17, 1885
By party
- Democrats19 yes · 6 no · 11 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 23 no · 10 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted no
- James Burnie Beck D-KY voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted yes
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted yes
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- 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
- James Harvey Slater D-OR voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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