Senate roll call 351 · 48th Congress · Feb 18, 1885
To pass H. R. 2550, (app. Feb. 26, 1885), (23 stat. L. 332).
On Feb 18, 1885, the Senate voted 50–9 (HR 2550). Result: passed. By party: Republicans 35–1, Democrats 18–9, Others 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted yes. 10 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
- 50
- No
- 9
- Did not vote
- 14
- Date
- Feb 18, 1885
By party
- Democrats18 yes · 9 no · 9 didn’t vote
- Republicans35 yes · 1 no · 4 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted no
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted no
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted no
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC voted no
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC voted no
- Wade Hampton D-SC voted no
- Richard Coke D-TX voted no
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- 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
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- 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
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Sherman R-OH
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- William Mahone O-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
Did not vote
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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