Senate roll call 344 · 48th Congress · Feb 17, 1885
To amend H. RES. 2550, by inserting the following section "nor shall it apply to any person who in good faith shall assist persons or families to come from any
On Feb 17, 1885, the Senate voted 17–23 (HR 2550). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 1–23, Democrats 17–2. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 3 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
- 17
- No
- 23
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- Feb 17, 1885
By party
- Democrats17 yes · 2 no · 17 didn’t vote
- Republicans1 yes · 23 no · 16 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- 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
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- James Zachariah George 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
- John Sherman R-OH
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- 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
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Jonathan Chace 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
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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