Senate roll call 347 · 48th Congress · Feb 18, 1885
To amend H. R. 2550 by providing that for every violation of this act a fine of $1,000 shall be paid which sum shall go to the U.S. Or to any person who shall
On Feb 18, 1885, the Senate voted 39–16 (HR 2550). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 17–11, Democrats 22–5. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 16 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
- 39
- No
- 16
- Did not vote
- 23
- Date
- Feb 18, 1885
By party
- Democrats22 yes · 5 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans17 yes · 11 no · 12 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted no
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted no
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- James Zachariah George D-MS voted no
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH voted no
- Henry William Blair R-NH voted no
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN voted no
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted no
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James David Walker D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- William Mahone O-VA
Other votes
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