Senate roll call 354 · 48th Congress · Feb 19, 1885
To amend H. R. 3933 (app. Feb. 28, 1885), (23 stat. L. 337), declaring a forfeiture of lands granted to the texas pacific railway company, which amendment provi
On Feb 19, 1885, the Senate voted 24–31 (HR 3933). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 20–13, Democrats 7–21, Others 0–1. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 20 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
- 24
- No
- 31
- Did not vote
- 16
- Date
- Feb 19, 1885
By party
- Democrats7 yes · 21 no · 8 didn’t vote
- Republicans20 yes · 13 no · 7 didn’t vote
- Others0 yes · 1 no · 1 didn’t vote
Who broke with their party
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO voted no
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA voted no
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL voted no
- John Stuart Williams D-KY voted yes
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA voted no
- James Black Groome D-MD voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted no
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN voted no
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN voted no
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC voted yes
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE voted no
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE voted no
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted no
- James Graham Fair D-NV voted yes
- Warner Miller R-NY voted no
- John Sherman R-OH voted no
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI voted no
- Isham Green Harris D-TN voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- Thomas Mead Bowen R-CO
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Austin Franklin Pike R-NH
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- Joseph Norton Dolph R-OR
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Jonathan Chace R-RI
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- James David Walker D-AR
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- James Falconer Wilson R-IA
- Shelby Moore Cullom R-IL
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Randall Lee Gibson D-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Dwight May Sabin R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Frederick Manderson R-NE
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Warner Miller R-NY
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- William Mahone O-VA
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Alfred Holt Colquitt D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Thomas Witherell Palmer R-MI
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- William Paine Sheffield R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Harrison Holt Riddleberger O-VA
- John Edward Kenna D-WV
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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